It struck Louisa first, last week. Caked on her peejays, her pillow case, her pink blanket, her bedspread, her fitted sheet. I didn’t even notice at first. She showed up at my bedside at 2am complaining about whatever, and I rolled out of bed and took her by the hand and hurried her down the [...]
Archive for January, 2010
The plague
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Four Bamboo Sticks
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was telling Lydia about Polar Bear swimming. It was mid-morning, and we were walking on the levee along the delta in Stockton, California, where Amy’s parents live. I saw a seal pop its head out of the water; she and Louisa didn’t, or couldn’t, see it. She had a dirty bamboo stick in her [...]
