Stories
The Trip Everyone Agreed On
The legal pad had columns with names at the top, written in Renata's good pen before the highlighter gave out. Her mother's column. Her mother-in-law's column. ...
Stories
The Body Keeps Its Own Hours
He filled it to the line he'd scratched with a key, not the one printed on the plastic. The scratch was lower. His shoulder had told him about the printed line ...
Stories
The Afternoon We Labeled Every Photo Box
The Afternoon We Labeled Every Photo Box addressed the overwhelming challenge of managing dusty containers filled with unidentified family history. You will lea...
Stories
What the Sunday Drive to Nowhere Takes From You Before It Gives Back
The Cutlass had a pine tree air freshener that had stopped smelling like pine sometime during the previous administration, just a gray cardboard triangle swingi...
Stories
The Last Lamp On
Here are 3-4 sentences of pure scene continuing from the bathroom sink beat: The cotton round comes away the color of weak tea, and she sets it on the left side...
Stories
What the Hands Already Know: Teaching Your Craft Changes the Teacher First
Volunteering to teach a skill you've spent a life mastering often reveals that years of muscle memory are surprisingly difficult to put into words for a beginne...
Stories
The Room You Stopped Sitting In
The sofa was a Restoration Hardware, the color called Dune, chosen during a phase when she believed people would come over on Saturdays. The cushions still held...
Stories
The Window Seat
The seats were still cold from the night cleaning. Delia pressed her palm flat against the glass and left a print. She set the thermos between her boots on the ...
Travel & Lifestyle
Why Slow Travel is Finally Winning Over the Retirement Crowd
Last April, a retired social worker from Cincinnati named Martha sat in a sun-drenched cafe in Lucca, Italy - a city where the walls are actually wide enough to...
Stories
Learning to Say No: The Word She Never Had a Word For
Learning to say no remains a struggle for seniors who find their schedules hijacked by organizations that assume their time is free. Discovering how to establis...
