I’m a food pantry volunteer in Madison every Tuesday from ten to two. It’s one of the best food pantries around but it is only for our town, and you have to prove you’re a townie: utility bill, clergyman’s note, pay stub. Something current. I give Thursdays to the Middletown soup kitchen. Show up, don’t […]
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1 “For my birthday,” Emma told her parents, “I’d like to hike up The Forbidden Trail and have a picnic.” Emma’s father grabbed his camera and took pictures where she posed against the rock formations, standing next to the large trees, near the railings but never close to the edge. When they had to start
Dear Family, As of this date I would like you all to begin referring to our mother as Tanta Trudy instead of Aunt Trudy, Trudy, or hey Trude. Since the passing of Tanta Yetta earlier this year our family has been without a Tanta. Tanta—a word that connotes the first among equals and shows
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I can’t snap snap snap my fingers, drum drum my hands on my leg, tap tap my toes toes click click my teeth with a yellow Ticonderoga I can’t cluck cluck cluck my tongue off the roof of my mouth, or pretend whistle or bob bob my head to an internal song nor wiggle my
