Monthly Archive: August 2016

Silly Questions

I drive around an unfamiliar town, without map or electronic guidance, looking for an historic cemetery. I can’t find it so I stop into a Dollar Store to ask directions. I’ve never been inside...

Learning to Read

First word: Ill. She spells it out: “George is ill. I-L-L.” The sun and warmth of a September day, a long stretch of grass, woods rising in the distance at the edge of the...

New Roof

Warm and humid afternoon in the Land of Rip Van Winkle. New roof being installed on the house just up the hill. The roofers have their boombox cranked  all the way up. The music...