A short story published on-line in The Prairie Journal, September 2018
http://www.prairiejournal.org/stories.html
If you are having difficulty accessing Time Flies on the website, here’s a step-by-step
- click on the above link so you get to the website
- on the sidebar under 2018, click on Miriam Clavir
- you get my bio
- then go back to the sidebar and click on Time Flies, and you should get the whole story
The Story
Cal was a pilot in WW11 who flew Mosquito airplanes. Time Flies is exactly about that: grasping onto Time, and having only memories left when Time has flown.
“When I was in the Air Force, each minute, each second, I felt alive. Truth is, I’ve never been able to get that feeling back.” His eyes half-closed. “Never.”
Cal leaned towards his sister. “Let me ask you this outright, Helen. How much time do you think you have left?”
“Oh for Heaven’s sakes!”
“Helen, do something … do whatever you’ve wanted to, before it’s too late. You know, something that’ll make you feel really alive.”