TO TAME A HAWK
she mumbled as she tossed restlessly.
"No," he replied smugly, "there is certainly nothing nor-mal about me. Give me your hand, beauty, I'll show you not normal."
And then there was cool water, frothy ocean upon powder-white sand. Whisper of gentle surf rushing over the beach, cool sand beneath her bare toes. No ants, no rack, no fire. Just peace in her most favorite haven in the world. The sea-side at Maui where she'd vacationed with her girlfriends. Beautiful, blissful days they'd passed there with fresh-squeezed orange juice and endless summer jogs on the beach, bare feet slapping the edge of the tide