“Traffic wasn’t bad for once,” I trill. “You’ve got plenty of time before your flight. Shall we go in the café and grab a bite to eat? My treat.”
“OK, ta.” A flicker of surprise. Usually, I drop him and …
It was like this ceramic woman Eli had made for me when he was eight years old. He’d made her for Mother’s Day, and Tara had helped him fire her in a kiln in the art teacher neighbor’s backyard. The …
Addi had her elbows on her knees and her face in her palms.
‘Oh my days, Brye. You’re wearing one now.’
That morning, I’d bought myself a chain and slung it across my hip. This is a skater accessory: to …
When spring trotted out like a lamb, Rigoberto worked like a lion. Today, Rigoberto, or Beto, woke up at dawn to a misty morning marine layer. He gave thanks to Christ for this blessing as he left the tiny bedroom …
There I was again. Heading down Horserace Road to the home of the Latham Sisters. It wasn’t all that unusual because whenever something odd happened around Aberdeen, that was the first place I went, and for good reason. Suspicions often …
Before my shovel’s blade descends, it scrapes away a two-foot-square surface of interwoven twigs that snap as they break apart; the dried, burnt-red leaves crumble into almost unrecognizable pieces; and the smashed acorns, that have lost their caps, roll farther …
Larry, the color commentator and former All-American, says, “Bob, my man, how do you think the Cats look going into first game of the Sweet Sixteen?”
Bob spots a light flashing at the bottom of his screen where everything he …
A normal day in my life since I chose to be a stay-at-home mom to my two boys aged ten and twelve is quite an exhausting one, despite schools remaining closed due to pandemic. I don’t have to wake up …
I am more careful than you can imagine. If someone rings the doorbell, I approach the door in mask and gloves. I wash my hands so frequently that the skin at my knuckles looks like parched mud, and I never …
Patrick McFarland was emotional as he watched the final spike being driven, joining the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads in Promontory Summit, Utah, in May of 1869. He was proud of the work he’d done on the most ambitious …