The Bus
The New York City bus passed by the farm every evening at 5:50. But it was safer maybe, to catch the morning bus to Los Angeles. Marcy thought about no snow, palm trees, and aqua-white surf on golden...
View ArticleNorth Light
It was an awkward house, but the entire north wall was covered in windows, revealing a grand view of the bay. “I’ll take it,” he told the realtor, “today.” “Don’t you want to look upstairs, or in the...
View ArticleDrought
Virga. It was the dirtiest word Buck knew, even after a career in the Army. He stood on the back porch and watched the blue-gray clouds pass in review, saluting him with virga. If it didn’t rain soon,...
View ArticleEvery Day
Asa Miller is up early, shaved, dressed, and ready for breakfast by six. Mrs. Miller likes to sleep in, and that’s fine, because if she’s awake she’s talking, and he enjoys the early morning quiet. He...
View ArticleHigh Fidelity
“Would you,” she asked, then paused, “make a cassette tape from my Gene Harris CD, so I can play it in my car?” “Oh No! That’s just wrong. No.” “Ok. Then I’ll do it.” “No you won’t. You’ll make hash of...
View ArticleAggravation
Finally, he stopped reading her magazines. It wasn’t worth the aggravation. She had no respect for his bookmarks, and she didn’t even read the articles in order anyway. She skipped around willy-nilly,...
View ArticleThe best day of his life
During a baseball game on a balmy night in late June, with runners on first and second, the batter hit a hard line drive straight into Charlie Ben’s glove. He backed onto second base to force another...
View ArticleThe last president of Texas
The last President of Texas lies in a peaceful, leafy park decorated with fine marble carvings of weeping angels, children, and lambs. Left behind and overlooked in the exuberant thrall of statehood,...
View ArticleFat Girls
Mary’s mother always said, “Fat girls can’t wear white.” Save for her christening dress, and her First Communion dress, Mary didn’t, until she left for nursing school. She worked nights, her quiet...
View ArticleHooah
During the Vietnam war, Danny served as an Army medic—in northern Italy. The most dangerous thing he did, he joked, was administer first-aid to officers’ wives who’d sprained their ankles while skiing...
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