I stopped my three-footed happy dance (two crutches and one leg) and turned to face him. He wore jeans and a T-shirt and had dark circles under his eyes, a two-day-old growth of beard and heavy lids. “I’ve heard of dogs looking like their owners, but this is the first time...
I was happy to see that her business had picked up. But in the meantime, no one had so much as popped their heads into my shop all morning. This left me somewhat disconcerted. After a while, I left the front counter and joined Marnie who was busy at my dobby loom in the ba...
“Where, exactly are we going?” “The Longview.” “I was afraid you’d say that.” I put the car in gear and we took off. The hotel was just a few blocks down Main Street, and it came into sight all lit up against the evening sky....