I Left My Family’s House Bare Before My Sister Could Steal It

in 1968, cedar siding, deep front porch, ugly green shutters he refused to replace because he said green kept solicitors away. He put every board in with his own hands except the chimney, which he always admitted he paid a man named Leon to do because heights made him mean.

He’d wanted the place kept in the family.

Everybody said that at the funeral.continue reading …