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Winners And Losers

Playing chess, running track, parking cars

The Middle Of The Night

A family of aliens, the Big Dipper, an old wooden gazebo

Playing With Fire

Sexual fantasies, Kristallnacht, chemists

Tests

Polished ivory chopsticks, a dog named Ranger, a jar of pickles

Sunbeams

I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they’re not much to look at, or even if they’re sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

J.D. Salinger

True Love

Receiving an e-mail out of the blue, sleeping in twin beds, tandem white-water canoeing

Trying

Recently samples of baby products — diapers, formula, wipes — have begun showing up in my mail. Packets of coupons with smiling infants on them arrive in envelopes that say, “Congratulations!” in big red letters.