The secret garden holds the key to immortality and sensual bliss; the sharing of the most pleasing fruit in this tropical paradise.  The entrance to the garden was secured by a glistening golden gate; separated through the middle and opened to the left and the right.  Two eight foot tall cherub angel statues, atop magnificent…Read more »

It takes only one bloom to change the landscape among a field of weeds. So be that rose, tulip, carnation, Bird of Paradise, or California Poppy which stands apart in the sunshine.  You just might brighten someone’s cloudy day.  -M J Adam 2016 

The secret garden of the forbidden fruit was the place where one could shed all inhibition and be as carefree as the tropical summer breeze.  The summers are always the best time of the year in this region of the Visayas and Cebu was the place to be.  The isolated white powder sand beaches, the…Read more »

Bloom Out Loud where you are planted.  You may be a dandelion in the middle of a field of roses but you are unique and the perfect fit for the fertile soil you are planted. Weather any storm for the sun will shine out loud in the morning.   A J Adams 

Time waits for no one.  Claire and Angelica both knew that, so they reached for the shooting star, grabbed hold of the reins as a bucking bronco, and rode the wild crazy night.  The future was uncertain at the moment but they owned this time together, their space.  Their friendship was special, transcending both time…Read more »

The silence in our souls can be deafening, as if we are in an ornate gothic cathedral in the middle of a double bass concerto pounding the membrane of our eardrums to the likes of Johannes Matthias Sperger and Giovanni Bottesini.  Their presence in the midst of the darkness was as obscure as some dead…Read more »

The sudden electrical surge from the massive storm had knocked the girls unconscious. They awoke to the bright early morning sun shining through the cavern entrance and fallen trees which was scorched and blackened by the intense heat and uprooted from the soil by the heavy winds.  They were lucky to have been sheltered in…Read more »

Full Moon Cove was the secret rendezvous for lost souls and wanderlust lovers wanting to escape from reality and the hustle and bustle of the big city lights. The crystal-clear blue lagoon was the perfect backdrop for this stage play between four young girls searching for dialogue and direction.  They just happened to discover what some…Read more »

Angelica is visibly disheveled as if waking up from a high stakes chess game of passion.  Her clothes clinging tightly to her sweaty skin, her long black hair, normally straight now bunched up over her upper body as she abruptly awakens from her deep sleep, calling out Christian’s name in an almost audible yet faint…Read more »

Angelica awoke to the sound of a bird chirping on her back window.  She had it slightly ajar since the humidity was intense and the air thick.  Her son Jacob still sleeping like an infant next to her as the sun peeked through the glass, shining a beam of light into her unkempt bedroom.  Her…Read more »