MY SISTER ANNOUNCED SHE WAS PREGNANT

said Yes, but he had taste.

The drive is ninety minutes if you take 17. I took the back roads. I needed the extra time.

The marsh on either side of the road was the color of weak tea. There were egrets standing in it on one leg, looking unbothered by everything. I passed a roadside stand selling boiled peanuts and an old man in a folding chair waved continue reading …