Ten years of crafting her renowned brownies Remi knew the recipe by heart. As it was, her heart had been broken. In the past eight months her chocolate chips cookies had baked to the consistency of burnt jelly. Her banana bread, which had been given an additional 30 minutes in the oven, came out with a…
The sun was beating down on the back of his arms. Sweat gathered at the base of his neck, sticking the bottom of the beekeeping veil. He hated wearing the full getup and since he was only taking a few pictures… it wasn’t going to kill him. He leaned forward, the smell of fermentation giving…
A little girl was gardening. Neat little rows of meticulously mounded dirt. The trim of her dress smudged by dirt. In the grooves of her stockings flecks of dirt embedded themselves. Her yellow curls bounced on and off her shoulders as the ends of the yellow ribbon danced in the wind. Behind her were countless…
Deneen tucked her short auburn hair behind her ear. The rain was pooling in her window sill. Fidgeting with the ends of her hair Deneen listened as the thunder crashed ahead. She thought about staying in. The aches in her shoulders and back from the restless nights filled with tossing and turning reminded her just…