"Mantilla Lady"; transports you into the lives and endeavors of young men that for the most part lack the finer talents necessary to reach the higher levels of their favorite game - baseball While my little story indeed begins on a cold baseball diamond one early spring day in my beloved Chicago. It does segway into a love story. Not a love story of the pulp fiction type. Just a peek at what life is really all about. After all - it's all about L-O-V-E One young man's longing for the love and companionship of an elusive young woman. This woman has more than one mission in her young years....

"Heaven Bound In The Dead Of Winter" - was originally inspired by a very persistent dream...night after night. This was a dream that didn't want to end. No matter how hard I tried to escape, it persisted. This left me with a couple of options. I could shake it off and try to forget it or attempt to understand its message. I have opted to stay in my dream for awhile. I would like to take you along. There seem to be so many perceptions of life after death "Heaven" if you will Who will be going and when will this occur? Where is this Utopia and what are the qualifications for this eternal...