My wife went to bed fifteen days ago, and she's been there ever since.   We came home from the hospital dazed and empty-handed. Eleanor climbed the stairs, rushed past the freshly painted second ...  [+]

Zebra, Mule, and I stood abreast, as always, and studied the newcomer. Sea Horse reared up from his pale green tentacle of a tail. His upper half resembled the cavalry horses behind us, complete ...  [+]

It was real cold that night, not just Miami cold, and it was late. I'd had to wait until the girls were asleep to go out into the pre-Christmas lunacy of the mall because my wife and I were keeping ...  [+]