The Guest Towels That Never Match
There is a drawer in my linen closet, second from the bottom, that holds six towels, and not one of them matches another. A faded blue one with a frayed edge
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A Key That Does Not Belong to Anyone in Particular
There is a key on a hook inside our garage, unmarked, that fits our back door, and it has been there so…
Giving Up My Son’s Room for a Week
My son Marcus moved out three years ago, and for a while his room stayed exactly as he left it, which is…
The Quiet After the Guests Leave
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles into a house about twenty minutes after the last guest's car pulls out…
The Call That Meant Someone Needed a Bed That Night
The phone rang at quarter past nine on a Tuesday, and it was my niece Junie, and I could tell from the…
What I Keep by the Front Door for Whoever Walks In
For years the space just inside our front door was nothing in particular, a stretch of floor between the mat and the…
The Extra Toothbrush in the Cabinet
In the bathroom cabinet, behind the everyday things, there is a small stack of toothbrushes still in their wrappers, three or four…