Nothing is more comforting to people than to have their certainties trumpeted back to them in bold, clear… — Jeffrey Ford

Halloween was close, our favorite holiday because it carried none of the pain-in-the-ass holiness of Christmas and still there was free candy.

Parents—so essential yet sometimes like something you have stepped in and cannot get off your shoe. What else is there but to love them?

Now I was stuck and could feel the tide of years suddenly beginning to rise around me.