Wedged In The Bilge
I opened the stern storage and reached down into the bilge where the hull narrows, and I set the tarp strap down real slow, because after a year under a …
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The Line Under The Drivers Note
I read the line somebody had added under the old drivers note, and I set the roll-up handle down real slow, because after two months of an auction lot, I …
The Line Under The Drivers Note Read MoreThe One Who Found Us
The young woman on the phone told me the day, and then she told me her mothers name, and I had to sit down on the edge of the bed …
The One Who Found Us Read MoreIt Wasnt You
Lorraine stood at my counter, my best friend from the eighth grade until the day of my own wedding, a woman I had not seen since 1979, and she told …
It Wasnt You Read MoreThe Man Who Bought My Breakfast
I turned that photograph over at the counter and read the pencil on the back, and I had to grip the edge of the table, because the young woman holding …
The Man Who Bought My Breakfast Read MoreOne Night On A Highway In The Rain
The first judges wife called my house in March, and she said her husband had asked her to, because he could not bring himself to make the call, and she …
One Night On A Highway In The Rain Read MoreWho Was Driving
When I called the recipient, that nineteen year old girl, to say I would come, she said her husband, meaning my Robert, had written her a letter the year before …
Who Was Driving Read MoreThe Match On My Side Of The Family
I asked her to come in and sit down, because a thing that heavy should not be handed over on a porch, and then I looked at the pages in …
The Match On My Side Of The Family Read MoreInside The Malt Shop Booth
I unwrapped that old malt-shop napkin right there in my sunroom, and I had to sit down, because inside was a jackknife and a folded note, and the knife I …
Inside The Malt Shop Booth Read MoreInside The Church Pump Organ
I unwrapped that old hymnal page right there on the settee, and I had to sit down, because folded inside was a letter in my own mothers handwriting, and it …
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