Dec 25, 2017It’s Christmas!Jessica, my mail carrier, beat me to the mailbox yesterday, so I’m taking Christmas cards into downtown Norfork, population 511. My...
Dec 18, 2017My TrainI look at the shadows growing long in the yard. They come from a tall maple and our old ribbed house. There they lie on a hard yard like...
Dec 11, 2017Salvation Army Saved UsMy mother left when I was 14. Daddy sat on the floor in a corner. He drank too much. But I had my six brothers and my five sisters. As...
Dec 4, 2017FallingThe tail end of fall is falling outside. Leaves pile up. A holy thing. My husband is disturbed by the leaves and wants time to mow them....
