Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 3, 2024Disappearing Beach People“Is that a bunch of people wearing black robes?” my friend asked.
Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 3, 2024Park BenchA man just sat next to me on a park bench where I was reading a book. He took a couple long pulls of an unknown dark liquid from a water…
Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 3, 2024Secret CrushOnly one thing to do about a secret crush, and that’s lie about it.
Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 3, 2024My Best YearWe stood adjacent one another in the queue at McDonald’s. I’d considered, not lightly even, having something healthier, but I’d save like…
Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 3, 2024Collecting My InheritanceAside from the fare, the place was just the kind of game I was hunting on one of those December nights in the Midwest when the sun starts…A response icon1A response icon1
Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 2, 2024LogOnLifemate.comHow carefully I’ve gone over this with my life coach, whom I pay $195 per twice-weekly half-hour session to help me become the best…
Wendy Van Sickle·Aug 1, 2024One Weird WeekendI capped off a strange Saturday evening by crashing at a new acquaintance’s house. He recently inherited the place from his father, who’d…
Wendy Van Sickle·Jul 31, 2024Hunting the HeadhuntersFive dollars says I wasn’t the first person to hear the lively, protracted proposition “Weeeeelllll, let’s all goooooo, down to Dumas…
