Duluth — My mother grew African Violets when I was a child. I remember how she fret over them. My father installed a shelf in an east window. There she set her violets to grow. She tended them and took such pr...
New york — “Who is this?” she asks. “Springsteen.” “Right.” She continues gluing an anchor piece onto the crest of a wave. Unlike the most of the people I know in New York, these friends of mine own their ap...
Seattle — Do all beanbag chairs have names? Are any beanbag chairs suitable for company? This one kicks around our living room, constantly repurposed. It’s needed a new cover since day two, and still hasn’t rec...