He wanted to know the rest of the stories, meaning and reasons for—if there were any: for framed picture of a painting on table’s top beside hat stand; for the bowls in frame beside (were they handmade, by whom); of the black and white picture of street sign before brick wall (where was it […]
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NOTHING BUT LIFE
It’s one of those days when nothing happens, nothing but life. My daughter’s volleyball season is ended. It is freshman year and her first high school year is through. Six days rest, and basketball is next week. She may play, or she may focus on volleyball alone. She’s a freshman. She’s growing […]
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IN DETAIL
Intimacy—attention—these were in the details: in the way her skin lightened back, in the soften of its lines, from summer tan and touch of sun, restored to pale and pure; in the lighten of her freckles too, from deep and dark, ochre and copper rich, faintening, lightening, melding into background of body’s winter […]