Community stories.
Stories about neighbors, small towns and strangers who show up.
The Wives Blind in the Flooded Timber
The vote took four minutes. I timed it on the clock over the door, the same Falstaff beer clock that has hung in that clubhouse... Read more
The Name Tag at Our Class Reunion
The name tags were laid out on a folding table just inside the gym doors, alphabetical, in neat rows on a blue plastic tablecloth. Somebody... Read more
The Monday the Quilts Came Out
The first time I saw my new neighbor take a picture of my clothesline, she was standing on her brand new deck in a pink... Read more
The Boy Who Bid on Her Steer
“I’ve got a dollar ten. Who’ll give me a dollar and a quarter? Dollar and a quarter, now a quarter, now a quarter.” Dale Frey... Read more
The Diner That Kept Her Husband’s Seat Warm
The morning after we buried Carl, I woke up at twenty minutes to six because that is when I have woken up for fifty six... Read more
The Harvest Her Neighbors Brought In
I was four days a widow and still hadn’t learned how to say it out loud. Walt. Dead. The two words sat in my mouth... Read more
The Pie They Would Not Let Me Enter
“It’s time somebody new won, Vernice.” Lowell Pratt said it standing on my bottom porch step with his cap in both hands, the way a... Read more
The Nine Kids on Coon Hollow Road
“Twelve dollars an hour,” Dr. Whitfield said, “and you would keep your insurance. I want you to hear that part, Mrs. Krause. You keep your... Read more
The Art Room in the Old Depot
“Line fourteen,” Curt Maas said, and he ran his finger down the page to find it. “Elementary and middle school art. One half-time position, benefits,... Read more
The Boy Who Gave His Summer Away
The fellowship hall at Mount Hope Community Church was so full that night that Pastor Ward had to ask the Hendricks boys to carry in... Read more
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