I receive requests for this original short story every year at this time. I happily comply. The all-purpose table had been cleared of dinner dishes and now held four pumpkins, two knives, six magic markers, and several squat orange candles. Claire had switched off the harsh overhead fluorescent and dragged two lamps in from the […]
“Where are you? I’m standing in front of your door, ringing the bell.” “I don’t see you, Hannah,” I replied. Did you turn left on Sawyer Rd? I’m the third house on the left. White house with blue shutters and a pot of pansies out front. The address is 655. It’s on the post box. […]
These are unsettling times. Not the first time some of us have experienced unsettling times, mind you. But if age grants us a certain perspective, it also grants those of us who are older a feeling of vulnerability. Amidst all the talk of moving to another country or even another state, the reality is, we […]