Fiction
Cliché, a Paris Love Story
We first met in the Luxembourg Garden where I was sitting by the small Statue of Liberty after my morning class at the Alliance Française of Paris. It was the fall after graduating from Ohio State and I was now [...]
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Nonfiction
The Moose’s Beard
Each of us approached the move in our own frames of mind. Papa was angry but resigned. Mama saw it as an opportunity. And I was devastated by a sense of secrecy and loss.
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Nonfiction
A Brittany Tale: The Fright
Being alone on a boat at sea after a warm embrace on the quay carried with it the thrill of solitary freedom and possibility. I stood at the stern by the fluttering French flag watching Dinard fall away, then turned [...]
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Nonfiction
Ninety Feet Below
I am the last scuba diver on the dive boat. I look out to the horizon, where the gray sky meets the vast South Pacific Ocean. We’ve come a short ride from Matauri Bay in Northland New Zealand.
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Nonfiction
I Stand at My Sink
It’s early April. I stand at my sink watching the daffodils I planted last fall—I bought the bulbs on sale at a hardware store—begin to bloom, or try to. It’s been snowing and hailing all morning,...
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Nonfiction
Silverball Museum, Asbury Park, New Jersey
A mother and daughter play pinball at the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, New Jersey. If there's a pinball gene, this vignette may be proof that it exists.
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