At four o’clock on a Thursday in October, the smell coming through the connecting door decided the afternoon’s business before anyone had said a word. I was standing in the …
The Door Between the Garages on Fenwick Lane Read More
On the first Saturday in October, I walked down the basement stairs of First Presbyterian in Ashcombe, Pennsylvania, with a cardboard box of donated jeans in my arms and found …
The Rummage Rack at First Presbyterian of Ashcombe Read More
At 10:02 on the first Tuesday of November, Diane Whitlow unlocked the bottom drawer of the front office desk, took out a brass handbell the size of a coffee cup, …
The Bell at Hartwell Elementary Read More
The freezer was humming when I came down the basement stairs on the second Saturday in October, a low, steady sound that filled the cold concrete room like a held …
The Rotation Card in the Basement Freezer Read More
At eleven o’clock on a Tuesday night in September, I sat at my grandmother’s kitchen table with the recipe box open in front of me and read the same card …
The Card in the Recipe Box Read More
At 3:40 on a Thursday afternoon in October, a sixteen-year-old girl in a volleyball jacket walked into Hartley’s Drug with her hair still wet from practice and went straight to …
The Wrapping Drawer at Hartley’s Drug Read More
By five o’clock on the last Saturday in October, the fellowship hall at Prospect Church smelled of coffee, yeast rolls, and the sweet, buttery steam rising off a dozen pans …
The Chicken Pie at Prospect Church Read More
The county appraiser’s name was Gordon Greaves, and he walked the backyard on a cold Monday in November with a measuring wheel that clicked over every stone in the path. …
The Slag Road Under the Pratt House Read More
The index card was on the refrigerator the first time I saw it, held to the freezer door by a red magnet shaped like a strawberry, at exactly the height …
The Index Card on the Ferrante Refrigerator Read More
The jewelry box was the last thing in the house to sell. It sat on the dresser in the corner bedroom of the house on Cedar Hill Road, a walnut …
The Coat Check Ticket From the Rosslyn Read More