This photo looks very like the spirit houses I used to see around Asia. There’s usually an image — a portrait or statue of the spirit, whether it’s a god or someone no longer living, and some offerings, frequently oranges. Candles and incense are lit, all of which is done to keep the spirits from…
Orange Crush
It is Sunday afternoon, I am in my frock, ready to go out. I am waiting for my husband, who’s been out running errands, to pick me up. He is a smidge late. I am used to this. The phone rings. “I’m okay,” my husband says, “but I’ve been in an accident.” My heart and…
(Broken) Hearts and Flowers
Going outside to get the paper this morning, I found a piece of notebook paper balled up on my lawn. It turned out to be a handwritten letter — sent not to me, but to Alex, from Emily. I don’t know Alex and I don’t know Emily. Judging by the looks of her precise and…
Vegetable Soup With a French Accent
Years ago, I put my husband through grad school. He took night classes, I worked days, we basically didn’t see each other for two years. We had no money. I got by by reading a lot of bleak British post-war novels where the heroine wears tatty sweaters because she’s always cold. She doesn’t have enough…
Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes
It is time to celebrate Lewis Kanner, attorney extraordinaire, Florida native, Democrat, Florida Gator, collector of duck decoys, husband to Marcia. . . and my father. He’s 75 today. He gave me a love for the Everglades and its wonderful waterbirds. A man of endless patience, he taught me how to drive. He shared with…
Kidney Pie
You cannot grow a kidney from a kidney bean. If you could, things would be a lot easier for Ms. X. Ms. X is the wife of a friend of a friend. Ms. X needs a new kidney or she dies. That’s the deal. This friend, let’s call him Mr. P has said, okay, take…
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