No Exit

...a pinch on my wrist told me that this hallucination was not only vivid visually but fully tactile too.

Remembering

The healthy growth of forests was a later phenomenon, he told me. When he was young, there were few trees; wood got cut for heat.

The Woodbox

While we had been courting visits to grandmother during the winter had required heating soapstone bedwarmers on the stove and putting them in the bed before retiring.

Clipper

The Cap'n might have had an almost divine sense for what would work for his boat.

REO

Spinney, a dedicated deacon in his church, took the old testament injunction to heart: “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.”

In Between

Most people depend on plan A to the exclusion of all else.

Cat About Town

" Come up to my place, my chef will prepare some roast beef for us."

Clean

The Palace was a regular stopping place for all sorts of folks going to and fro. People would hear about the Palace and drop in while en route to their destination. Parties ultimately ensued. Hangovers were an occupational hazard of living this lifestyle. Hangover cures were always in demand.