Community stories.
Stories about neighbors, small towns and strangers who show up.
The Eleven Widows I Called That Night
The note was half a sheet of yellow paper, and my grandson handed it to me upside down. Henry is eight. He does that with... Read more
The Useless Barn That Saved a Town
For most of my life I was ashamed of my father’s barn. I need to say that plainly, right at the start, because everything else... Read more
The Braid Nobody in Town Understood
The note came home in the Thursday folder, tucked between a spelling test and a yellow flyer for the spring concert. It was typed on... Read more
The Biker Who Walked Her Home
“Yes, ma’am, it’s the same man,” my husband said into the phone. “No, I’m not exaggerating. I’m watching him do it right now.” Shane stood... Read more
The Three Boxes On Our Bench
They promised to meet me at the lake in fifty five years and I came back to three boxes on our bench I left the... Read more
The Padlocked Box Behind The Foreclosed House
Something was alive inside the padlocked box behind the house I had just bought from the bank, and when I got down on my knees... Read more
The Tractors That Saved My Farm
I was sixty seven years old and sitting on my own porch step doing arithmetic that would not come out right no matter how many... Read more
The Vow I Made A Dying Stranger
The first time I saw Jim, he was sitting on a folded square of cardboard outside the old depot building on Main Street, across from... Read more
The Blind Dog By The Register
The chalkboard out front is what pulled me in. DOGS WELCOME, in a looping kid’s handwriting with a little paw print drawn under the words,... Read more
The Summer My Son Mowed Free
The two squad cars pulled up in front of my house on the last Saturday before school started, and my first thought was not a... Read more
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