It must have been listed in the newspaper, that second-hand Yamaha upright that we drove out to the end of a country road for. The kitten was a windfall though, a freebee thrown in because one of the farm cats had a litter that was nearly wild up in the hayloft of the barn next to the farmhouse… Continue reading A kitten too

When the fuzzy black cover for the bench seat got a hole in it, Mum sewed a big red fun-fur heart over the hole to patch it up, to keep it going for a couple years longer… Continue reading Tension straps

I grew into a girl, and when I stood inside it, and pulled it up around my dusty legs in summertime it only reached my thighs, and my mom said, “You’re too big for that now… Continue reading It’s too small for you, now

I remember being out there, face down in the lake. I don’t remember the campground, the tent we slept in, the hotdogs we ate, who was there… Continue reading Loveland bay