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April 14, 2018[…] to learn, even though Beth had offered to teach him some. 5:45. The alarm was set for 6:00. He reset it for 6:30, then stopped it quickly when it went off. Beth hadn’t stirred. […]
[…] to learn, even though Beth had offered to teach him some. 5:45. The alarm was set for 6:00. He reset it for 6:30, then stopped it quickly when it went off. Beth hadn’t stirred. […]
[…] slap. Clair ducked behind the steps as Brother Pratt walked toward the dance. He called back, “Courtship’s over, Sofie. I’ll tell your pa when I see him in the field.” She waited for Sofie […]
[…] large number of sacrament trays. Ushers, normally an extravagance, were put to use trying to seat the overflow of family and friends here to listen to the words of Elder Johnson, returned missionary extraordinaire, […]
[…] eat.” “You mean there’s no junk food,” she said. “Yeah,” he said. “How come you guys never buy any decent food?” She was always glad to see him, always glad to see he was […]
We had been up there for two months when the clouds came in. It hap pened overnight. When I crawled into my sleeping bag the night before, the air was dry and clear. The […]
The same week Karmine disc overs her husband is having an affair with a man, she takes her mother to a doctor who finds a tiny patch of cancer on the tip of the […]
[…] “I have a job in Anchorage,” said Allison. “Writing software.” “Writing software,” said Willy. “I need to buy a computer to track my finances.” “Willy, you don’t need a damn computer,” said Overalls. “You […]
[…] be a lot of excitement for a small town.” “We could charge admission, Elsie. We’d get rich. Buy a new Ford pickup. People would pay to see him. They could talk to Dad and […]
[…] campus newspaper. My articles from that year often reflected my “fix the world” enthusiasm—I published critical appraisals of overpopulation, recycling, contraception, and a cover article entitled “The Death of Medical Altruism.” And to my surprise […]
[…] all so bad, after all. The batter for the pancakes was easy to make and we could buy margarine or jam, but the maple syrup was a different story. Most of the time we […]