The Amazing Race by R.G. Ryan Originally published in Snapshots At St. Arbuck's Vol 2, Available from Amazon.com Six a.m. on a mid-summer Sunday morning. I was sitting at a sidewalk table outside a St. Arbuck’s on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood—“WeHo” to the locals—doing a bit of people watching and thinking about … Continue reading The Amazing Race
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The Color Of Love
*The Color Of Love This story was originally published in, “Snapshots At St. Arbuck’s Vol 1" available from Amazon.com ©2008 R. G. Ryan It was predictably hectic at St. Arbuck’s with customers coming and going in a nearly unbroken chain of poor souls whose morning just wouldn’t be complete without the obsessive indulgence. According … Continue reading The Color Of Love
The Storehouse Of Days
The Storehouse Of Days by R.G. Ryan This story was first published in Snapshots At St. Arbuck's Vol 1, available at Amazon.com I would see him every morning without fail on the patio of a local coffee bar in Barcelona. He sat there in the sun, head back, eyes closed and simply breathing. By his … Continue reading The Storehouse Of Days
Who’ll Stop The Rain
Who’ll Stop The Rain? ©2014 R.G. Ryan The rain began ten days ago, and hasn't let up once—not even for a moment. Relentless and unceasing it falls in a seeming attempt to cover the surface of the earth in a deluge of Biblical proportions. My umbrella ceased to function the morning of the third … Continue reading Who’ll Stop The Rain