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.
Tag Archives: United States
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Dec
Dec
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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Oct
Oct
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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Mar
Mar
She had fallen asleep to the moonbeam lighting the darkened lake, threading a silver ribbon across her bedspread. Now it was daybreak and thirteen-year-old Lilly awakened to the trilling of the marsh wrens and the call of the loons,