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The only rug we had was on the wall—linoleum was what my mother knew—a woodsy scene, green trees, a waterfall,          the wool a mane I...

“Do the kitchen? I’ll give you Swedish Fish!”I hear negotiations reach a peak,numbers flying, the clatter of each dish—the kids are home, visiting for the week. That gummy currency...

So-and-so slept here, a date, a listof battles fought—whatever they’re about,he reads them all, not just to get the gistbut top to bottom, loudly, calling outexcitedly, listen to this,...

“Sing it again,” I want to ask them bothas I sit here alone behind mesh drapeson paper drawn across a vinyl table—easier to clean but somehow sticky,not cold, instead...

My friend the carpenter (no, not that one) Told me about a trick some workmen use.They leave some tools around if they’re not done—Nothing that they can’t afford to...

The fictional town of Agloe, New York, was invented as a copyright trap by cartographers to help track infringement. People driving through look at the map, the empty road,...

The fictional town of Agloe, New York, was invented as a copyright trap by cartographers to help track infringement. People driving through look at the map, the empty road,...

Why is Satan not too hot in hell? He doesn’t seem to suffer like the rest Who languish there. You’d almost say he’s blessed, He’s acclimated to the place...