Every Recital, The Back Row
I got to Cadence just as a lesson was letting out, pianos and a violin going somewhere down the hall. Fourteen years. The same little boy. I stood in that …
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Unit 88
Unit 88 had a padlock on it I did not have the key to yet, so I stood there in the row at SafeKeep holding the code the office gave …
Unit 88 Read MoreThe Dog Roy Never Let Us Meet
I sat in the parking lot of Lakeview Kennels a long while before I could make my legs work. Twelve years. A little girl. Forty-one years of marriage, and I …
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He stood in my kitchen, this sixteen year old I had met exactly twice, still holding the duffel bag he had packed for my son back in June. And he …
What He Heard Through The Wall Read MoreHe Sat With Him The Whole Time
The sentence just stopped there, run right off the edge of the notebook paper. But Daddy said not to tell you but. Six years old, and he had carried that …
He Sat With Him The Whole Time Read MoreFirst Light On The Ninth Green
The thing I aimed to do before I handed over that last key was walk the course one more time at first light, the way I had every morning for …
First Light On The Ninth Green Read MoreA Man With A Long Memory
The man with the long memory was Cal, who owned that tavern for twenty years before he sold it to the city types. Cal is the one who taught me …
A Man With A Long Memory Read MoreAny Bolt In The Place, Blindfolded
The thing I needed to see to was a crooked shelf I never got to finish squaring the day they walked me out. Foolish, maybe. But I could not stand …
Any Bolt In The Place, Blindfolded Read MoreThe Days The Card Ran While I Was Home
The stop I meant to make was not the depot. Monday morning, before the sun was up, I drove my own car out past the reservoir and parked at the …
The Days The Card Ran While I Was Home Read MoreThe Morning Regulars Walked In With Her
The thing I meant to do was leave my apron where it belonged, folded right, on the case where I gave half my life. But I got there before the …
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