It is Thursday and I have been busy working outside sweating profusely. My phone was ringing and I ran to answer it. It was from a number I did not recognize. I picked up the handset. “Hello,” I said hesitantly. “Cal? This is Karen. How are you doing? I am nearby and would like to…
The angels descended on Rome in the dead of winter. Three of them – forsaken, pale and naked creatures arriving in the black night like falling silver stars. Sophrosyne watched the heavenly bodies approach with a shiver. She had seen angels before, but these were different – they made an uneasiness crawl in her bones….
I was out for a long run. I like to run in the evenings when it cools off, however today I was out in the heat of the day. It was over eighty degrees and humid and I was sweating profusely. I had recently started running a longer rural route, not because I liked going…