This is a collection of 12 nostalgic short stories, each reflecting a snapshot of life. You'll find nothing here about death, dying, science fiction, horror, or history. You will see tales about: a flummoxed museum patron, a working gate, a business "on the quiet," a flatulent goat, a beach cottage, a pain in the hind end, a man's blazer, a misleading hotel bill, a protective chicken, bad breath, and outliving retirement income. These yarns highlight glimpses into everyday life, as it occurred, between 1955 and 2013. The characters are like the ones you may have known in school, passed by in...
This is a collection of 12 nostalgic short stories, each reflecting a snapshot of life. You'll find nothing here about death, dying, science fiction, ...
Four college grads, two from Trentino, Italy and the others from Oklahoma, befriend two elderly ladies. The silver-haired seniors hope to spend the final stage of their lives in a life care retirement facility with an Alzheimer's unit and memory garden. The elderly duo form an alliance with the young quartet and decide to build a state-of-the-art retirement facility in a small town in Oklahoma. They must face challenges like the extremes of Oklahoma weather, lackadaisical employees, thieves, unscrupulous salespeople, and a member of the legal profession whose goal is to profit from all their...
Four college grads, two from Trentino, Italy and the others from Oklahoma, befriend two elderly ladies. The silver-haired seniors hope to spend the fi...
Four college grads take charge of the daily operations of a life-care retirement center called Villa Paradiso. Working under the guidance of the two founders of the facility, they discover the large investment of time and effort that's involved in order to keep pace with the activities of their residents. The graduates must learn to cope with concepts they never studied in college. Just when they think that have a handle on everything, a threat looms on their financial horizon. If left unchecked, it can spell complete disaster for the entire retirement community. Villa Paradiso, the...
Four college grads take charge of the daily operations of a life-care retirement center called Villa Paradiso. Working under the guidance of the two f...
The Horse Trough Saloon, in Stopgap, Oklahoma, is almost a national monument. That's how the locals feel, anyway. Its owner, Clyde Wrigley, is a man who's worked hard all his life. Just when the saloon becomes a financial success, Clyde's wife succumbs to cancer. Now, a lead man representing a shady group of moneyed investors from Las Vegas wants to buy the property and business Clyde has worked so hard to build. Revenues from the Horse Trough Saloon, and its adjoining space called the "opera house," support Clyde, his grandmother, and more than 25 employees. See what takes place in the small...
The Horse Trough Saloon, in Stopgap, Oklahoma, is almost a national monument. That's how the locals feel, anyway. Its owner, Clyde Wrigley, is a man w...
