Day: October 29, 2007

This One’s for You, Syd

I spent most of today lying around, atoning for yesterday’s sins. (I don’t think I was supposed to walk eight blocks in my cast.) Of all the people who might have called me last week, FH was the last I’d expect. She’d helped take care of my grandmother during those final years. I always admired FH’s feistiness, and was mystified by her abiding cheerfulness. But after keeping in touch for a while I faded away. […]

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