Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Through toil and trouble they slogged towards that dim light at the end of the tunnel.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Eventually, everybody got sick of the Internet and went back to talking to each other in person.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Her lilac-colored dress moved with the breeze as she walked through the park toward him, an image that became Carl's lifelong idea of everything that spring represented.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Kate felt like she was constantly walking a tightrope over a yawning abyss while carrying her family on her shoulders.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Irene used her big, baleful eyes like a master puppeteer to get what she wanted.

Monday, March 23, 2015

His lips clung to the cigarette — one of two he allowed himself a day — like a drowning man holding on to a life buoy.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

The sound of gunfire began to increase with the warm weather and Drake could tell summer would be there soon.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

She drove her coworkers insane every March when she would win the office pool, based, she said, on which uniforms she liked, but the truth was she was an avid basketball fan with a complicated system for determining the best teams.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Although the alley was dark and narrow it was the fastest way home.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

That year, spring was like a coy young girl who refused to come to the party.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

He began the harassment with anonymous phone calls in which he did not speak, but soon realized he needed to step up his game to get the point across.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The old editor felt like pulling his hair out every time he sat down to read the stories of his younger reporters who had no qualms about inserting their opinions into the news.

Monday, March 16, 2015

The chip on Brad's shoulder was so large it often kept him off balance.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

"We destroyed our past to save the future," the old politician told me from his hospital bed.

Friday, March 13, 2015

The bugle's plaintive melody hung over the graveyard like a heavy fog.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

"She's a back-stabbing, fast-talking trollop who subsumes everything in her path," thought Jane, "so why is she my best friend?"

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Saturday, March 7, 2015

The sun, so long hidden, made a brief appearance that month, teasing the townsfolk before again slipping back behind the black and boisterous clouds.

Friday, March 6, 2015

The school's rules were arbitrary and mean-spirited in order to keep the children off-balance.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Bernice and Barb fought over clothes, boys and what shows to watch on television, but never over books, since both considered them tedious and boring.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

They felt like spring was around the corner even as another nor'easter rolled through the region.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Like Jesus with the money changers, Bill felt that beating the neighborhood bully to a pulp when he caught him torturing a kitten was completely justified.

Monday, March 2, 2015

After Frank's forced retirement he found himself stalking his former coworkers who he felt were lazy and breaking into the office at night to check up on their work.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

He beat the Devil in a tap dancing contest, or at least that was the rumor around town.