Martini Afternoons by Beverly Fortenberry

When widowed retirees Edi and Eli decide to fight boredom and loneliness in sleepy Bexley, Indiana, they turn to mischief, causing great changes to their community. It all begins because Edi misses her late husband Henry and their Martini Afternoons. I suspect author...

The Plane Truth

Getting my pilot’s license could be a boost for my marriage–if it didn’t kill us first. “Why can’t you take up golf?” I pleaded when my husband, Maury, announced he was going to learn to fly. Fly? First the red sports car, now this? Was this part of...

Thrill Ride of Parenting Teenagers

Place every thrill ride in Florida end to end as one long ride and they still could not scare, shake, rattle and roll, nauseate, induce screaming panic, disorient or to give that negative-G, freefall-in-the-dark experience like parenting teenagers. As a writer, I try...

Gardening Warfare

The Zen garden of sand and a few aesthetically placed rocks encourages peacefulness, serenity, and restoration of the soul. In my yard, gardening is WAR. I enjoy gardening, not just the resulting blooms or neat hedges, but the act of gardening, the fight itself. The...