I remember the feeling of my toes curled into the wet and sinking sand. Waves of cool, salty water pushed against my ankles, then fizzled like soda pop as they retreated back towards the endless ocean. I made every attempt to stand firm as the evenings booze and exhaustion began [...]

I remember wandering into my neighbor’s house a month back, as I often do.  Popping out my door into the midday haze, I was particularly craving social interaction, and I ascended onto Erin’s house through the front gate and around to the side porch.  And there she was; hunched over [...]