s. b. lacroix

  • Where the Witches Live

    Where the Witches Live

    Little towns are notorious for gossip, most people know (or know of) most other people. The rumor mill makes for excitement in a small country town, I suppose.  For the most part, I’m the type of person to mind my own business, however; my husband and I have indulged in a bit of town gossip…

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  • A Witch on the Beach

    A Witch on the Beach

    I was at the beach yesterday. It was a beautiful day, and the water was warm. My son had a ball diving into the waves and building sand castles. I was walking barefoot through the hot sand making my way to parking lot to retrieve something from my SUV. On the way, I passed a…

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  • Printing of the Pages

    Printing of the Pages

    I sat at my desk as the printer produced page after page. My husband walked by, stopped, and picked up the stack of pages. He began reading. I continued to click print. The printer kept printing. He continued to read. Except for the sound of the printer, it was silent, until he spoke. “I thought…

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  • Caught In the Rain

    Caught In the Rain

    On a warm summer afternoon I went for a walk to one of my favorite places, the cemetery. It’s a lovely place with beautiful old headstones, and where huge maple trees stand in rows down the center. In the summer the green leaves offer a canopy of shade, and the grass is a plush emerald…

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