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I’ve been passing pennies on the sidewalk. There seem to be a lot, as if I’m not the only one who doesn’t bother anymore to lean down and pick them up. After all, what good’s a penny anymore? It’s enough to buy a memory. Every time I see one I think of my Grandma Bralley.
By Patricia BralleySeptember 1986A cold rain beat on the canopy over the grave site. John pulled down the brim of the walking hat she’d gotten him on their ramblings through Ireland. Just before he stepped under the canopy, he glanced up at the sky and recalled when his father had died.
By Bob DavisSeptember 1986A book from childhood, a rainbow, a Grateful Dead show
By Our ReadersSeptember 1986We swore to do it till death do us part and neither of us crossed our fingers. That, in itself, was rather a miracle. We were hardly speaking at the time. “I will” was a long conversation.
By Stephanie MillsAugust 1986I like Ramona. I want to win the lottery, pay her brother back for the car, bounce her and the baby out of the attic apartment.
By Elizabeth Rose CampbellJune 1986I can’t figure out why Adam and Eve stood for it. If they had enough gumption to question the menu, you’d think they would have said, “Now, just a minute, God. Cool down. Let’s not overreact.”
By Carlos Anne PhelpsJune 1986You want I should tell you about Abie — he should rest in peace. Sixty years I know him. . . . A long time. . . . The things I could tell you. You know the Freiheit? No? Of course not. By you it means nothing.
By Mark GreensideApril 1986Every little odd ache, cramp, tension; each sore throat, swollen gland, headache; a sudden pain when you reach for something on a shelf, a morning lethargy, an unexpected reluctance: all these whisper cancer.
By Sallie TisdaleMarch 1986Now in the long evenings after dinner she often found herself standing before the bathroom mirror, trying hard to glimpse some of the prettiness her husband had always championed.
By D. Patrick MillerMarch 1986Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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