Rose and Ruthie
I think that, in the end, my mother died a peaceful death. I wasn’t there,missed it by forty minutes. The call came at 6:00 a.m. I knew before Ianswered. I showered... Read more.
Wouldn’t it be Nice
Wouldn’t It Be Nice (The Beachboys) It must have been June, when local berries tasted like summer sun. TheStrawberry Social was in a church basement, just... Read more.
Saturday Afternoon Confession
There had been a chill in the house for days, I don’t remember why. Somedisappointment, I suppose, some bitter unhappiness. We were small kids. Hersilence was... Read more.
The Chef
(Lecce, Southern Italy) A soft feather drifts to the sidewalk where a woman rests her heavy frame onthe low concrete steps that lead to her small restaurant, the... Read more.
Cosecha
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The Weight of Two Oranges
it was not constant concernfor the troubled planetharnessing her thoughtsthat day so much as the weightof two oranges in a cloth bagslung over her shoulderthe careful... Read more.