Sky a vibrant blue. So bright that it makes your Whole face squinch up. Only hours before… All gray. Wet. Cold. And hours from now, Gusts will scud feathery Clouds across the blue. Wind rocking oaks and pines. Saplings and pillars of 100 years, And some will fall. But for now, a lull. Aching beauty, [...]

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She was sick. At two o’clock Sunday morning Abby ran into my room, whimpering, her hand over her mouth. Sleepy as I was, my first thought was that she’d had a nightmare. That changed when the vomiting began. I half-ran her, half-carried her to the bathroom, and together we leaned over the toilet. Once her [...]

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