Quarantine diaries - Day 1

For the most part, this week has felt normal. I’ve actually enjoyed being able to wake up around 7:00 AM, take my time making coffee, then sitting down at around 7:30 AM to start reading emails. I take a real lunch break at around noon and then am able to sign off at 4:00 PM or 4:30 PM to do my own writing here, watch TV, or listen to music.

Love at the End of the World

The first part of my “Love at the End of the World” short story. A young woman deals with the news that the world will end in ninety-days by getting in contact with her family members. She and her sister have a surprising conversation over a pizza and her father needs to fix his refrigerator.

Seeing the Aurora Borealis in Yellowknife, Canada

As we drove to the cabin in the woods, I looked out of the bus window and saw a silver cloud following us. Could this be it? I wondered. Am I looking at the Aurora Borealis? Arriving at the little cabin, we made our way onto the vast and snow-covered lake. In below-freezing temperatures, we looked up to the sky to see…