The Moments
The moment he opened the Encyclopedia, everything seemed so easy. If he could read about it, he could learn it. It became the tool he would use with everything he approached in life.
Dec. 6, 2006 | Altadena, California | By BRIAN FIRE
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The Glass Vase of CloverShe loves her daughter. Seeing these words on the page, she has to read them again, because over the past months she’s placed that love on a high shelf, way in back, so it won’t fall off and break. What Would Jesus Do?A recent widower tests the blind dating waters, and finds himself at sea with a pious partner and nothing to say. But the night takes an unexpected turn. Hoop DreamsThis first date with a hunk of a man goes swimmingly over candlelit dinner and ice cream on the boardwalk. So how does she end up sweaty, pulling glass out of her feet? Lemon SorbetSome marriages owe a lot to the first date, and this one is no exception. It was the best date of her life, and it was not with her husband. The Honesty TestDid she smell him? Did she not like what she smelled? Did she not smell him? Did she not like what she did not smell? Where was their chemistry? or was he flunking it - again? Charlie’s LandThey meet. Recognize each other as soulmates. Watch the sun rise and the oak leaves fall. But a fairytale is just that, a fairytale, and souls that touch can still stray. The Boxer’s Bob and WeaveThe only thing worse than a bad date is a good date with a guy you have no interest in dating. What’s the proper excuse? Meanwhile, the awkward moments pile on…. Rent-A-WombRecently divorced, mother of two, approaching 40…. Nowadays, these are the details that turn heads as single men, hearts set on fatherdom, search for willing wombs. From Your MistakesA photographer who lost his brother to war meets his enemy and they get to talking. To his initial dismay, but his ultimate delight, they get along fine.   |
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