I Came Home From A Cruise At Eighty Three Until I Heard The Truth§

eyes. Ashley had started calling my home the Oleander property, as if she had learned the phrase from someone who spoke in square footage instead of memories.

I noticed all of it. I was old, not asleep.

The cruise had been Pauline’s idea. She had won two tickets through a travel club drawing, then twisted her hip on a curb outside the pharmacy. She brought continue reading …