MY SISTER ANNOUNCED SHE WAS PREGNANT

not need anybody and that is both the best and the worst thing about her.”

I laughed. It came out wrong, half a sob, but it was a laugh.

“She would know,” I said.

Driving Home

I drove back up 17 in the late afternoon. The marsh had gone gold. The egrets were still standing on one leg. The old man at the peanut stand was gone but his folding chair was still continue reading …