He was picking flowers for his mother and handing them to me for safekeeping. When he finished, we turned to walk back. . . .

I went to a bakery one morning a month ago, and I am still thinking about the woman behind the counter. . . .

Yesterday, I went to the grocery store. I was out of sorts and in a hurry. “Ma’am, do you want. . . .

Until recently, there was a gulf the size of the Grand Canyon between ____ and me. I didn’t like her. I saw all her flaws, and I wanted

Recently, I have heard two strong men in their sixties, strangers to each other, say similar childlike things. One said, “I have . . .

Yesterday, I drove by a row of trees that were alive with purple blossoms. Two days before, there were no purple blossoms. And then there were . . .