Early October
"The mockingbird above them had never seen either Ulysses or his boys, but somehow knew and welcomed them."
short story
Two Guns
"Only in a place like Two Guns, Arizona could the first customer in a week walk out richer with the shopkeeper poorer."
My Dad’s Teeth
“My smile, my pale skin, my skinny figure, my long toes… etc.” I was listing the things I was most insecure about. We were discussing how funny it is how everyone sees themselves
One Rock at a Time
"Don't touch the ground! Just take it one rock at a time."
The Lemonade Stand
“People couldn’t understand why we were still friends, why the connection remained. I didn’t know how to explain that it did, because it didn’t have to. Somewhere under all of the layers of complication, we had a genuine connection that survived.”