Four inches away is the closest I would get to Melanie that summer. Four inches of movie theater armrest between two uncertain elbows. It seemed close enough then. It had started as a lost summer, but I was beginning to… Continue Reading
The last survivor of 9/11 died today. She had walked out of the South Tower after the first plane hit the North Tower. She made her way to her tiny apartment and stayed for three days without opening the door… Continue Reading
It is only a Thursday, yet Evelyn wears her pearls. Her fiance had given her the pearls two weeks ago when she visited him at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was on the GI Bill and she knew he… Continue Reading