Stories

Pappy

I came home from school one day and he was sitting at the kitchen table. Mom was across the room leaning at the counter with a weird expression on her face, one I wasn't familiar with. Even as a child of about eight, I sensed a cautious withholding, like they were sharing a good...

AUGUST 2026

There's Pappy

Looking through my mother’s diminutive childhood photo album with faded pink silk and threadbare embroidery, I came upon a sepia toned stamp-sized photo of a gentleman whose face was mostly smudged out. He was squatting next to a pudgy faced infant in a pretty dress holding a toy...

Lora

My grandmother lived with us, on and off, when I was young. Lora had some mental problems, though I never saw it. She had to go into Med State Hospital a few times for help. Her behavior caused my mom much anguish, being on the receiving end of her rantings that the FBI are comin...

Nana

Born July 4 1878-Died April 14, 1971 93yrs Prudence, my mother, sometimes took me along to visit Nana, a tiny old lady, no bigger than me, at seven or eight years old. Hard of hearing, she did not talk much, but she was very smiley and sweet. We went by bus to the South End of Bo...

New Hampshire

Each weekend of the year when my father did not have to work, we packed up and drove to the farm. My Grandparents friends had a retreat in southern New Hampshire and while visiting there something came up for sale on the yonder hillside. They bought the property when Richard and...