Luna Comes Home
Diane opened her front door holding Luna in the crook of her arm, and the cat looked at me. She did not struggle. She did not purr either. She made …
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Not My Words
The post from my husband went up at 9:14, and I watched it appear from the couch of my sister in law, with a cup of coffee going cold in …
Not My Words Read MoreTruth On the Table
Sandra came through the front door at six, balancing a photo album against her hip and a casserole dish in her free hand. She had on her best sweater and …
Truth On the Table Read MoreQuilts For Rose
The nurse manager asked me to come in person, and I drove the forty minutes to the hospital in Superior with the cedar chest strapped into the back seat of …
Quilts For Rose Read MoreA Key Promise
Carol did not invite me in right away, and I was grateful. She came out and closed the door behind her, and we sat on the front steps side by …
A Key Promise Read MoreThe Tuesday Visits
Elmer did not invite me in. He stood in the doorway of the yellow house, a tall, stooped man of about eighty with white hair combed straight back and a …
The Tuesday Visits Read MoreThe Gloves Corner
The corner was at the edge of an industrial park off Interstate 10, where a gravel lot met a chain link fence and a row of mesquite trees gave the …
The Gloves Corner Read MoreThe Yellow Duplex
The house was a yellow duplex on a quiet street in Kettering, with a ramp on the porch and a pot of red geraniums by the door. I sat in …
The Yellow Duplex Read MoreReceipt In Bodice
The dress lay open on my kitchen table beside the Singer, ivory satin glowing under the new light I had bought, and for a moment neither of us spoke. I …
Receipt In Bodice Read MoreTen Withdrawals Found
Brittany sat with her hands flat on my table, as if she were trying to keep it from floating away. I read the first page of the statement slowly, then …
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