Community stories.
Stories about neighbors, small towns and strangers who show up.
The Turkey Swap That Fed the Street
I have lived in the same building on Larkspur Street for nineteen years, and for eighteen of them I would have told you I knew... Read more
The Diner That Never Charged
For thirty years I ran a diner on Route 9 and I never once kept a tab. People think that is a saying. It is... Read more
The Barber Who Listened
I have been cutting hair in the same chair, in the same shop, on the same square in the same small town for fifty years.... Read more
The Coach Who Never Gave Up
The first time I met Ryan Dell, he told me to go to hell. He was fourteen, a freshman, standing in the doorway of my... Read more
The Boy Who Saved the Widow Next Door
I was fourteen the first time I knocked on Mrs. Abernathy’s door, and I only did it because my mom made me. That’s the honest... Read more
Someone Left a Note on My Diner Counter Every Morning for a Year: Then I Found Out Who
The Note Under the Sugar Jar By Margaret Ellison On the morning I finally decided to close the Bluebird for good, there was a folded... Read more
The Envelope Under Booth Seven Had Been Waiting for Me for 19 Years
I found the envelope at 6:34 in the morning on Saturday, June 7th. It was taped to the underside of booth seven at Mason’s Diner... Read more
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