Masks and Magic Mother and I watched as the small raccoon waddled up to us and dipped his head slightly in greeting. He carried something...

Creating the Parliament Mother and I were walking home in the reverse twilight of the early morning. We listened to the owls call to one...

Visiting the Star-Crossed It was late, and my mother and I were out walking and enjoying the night skies and the light, whispering...

Mother and I were walking up Davis on our way back from getting frozen vodka-rose to go from Oddfellows when we saw the sun burst forth...

After making the journey to my father’s bedside the two of us were sadly unable to have a very brief conversation. Instead, twenty...

It was a softly illuminated evening. Most of the neighbors we knew by sight had confined themselves in their homes because of the plague,...

Mom and I were walking along the edge of the island when we came across some unusual tracks. I regarded the channels cut into the sand,...

My mother and I were on a walk in East Kessler when we saw a cardinal explode from the dense foliage of an gnarled old juniper in a wild,...

"That's the problem, isn't it?" asked my mother. "We can see the light. We want to get to the light. Somehow, though, the light remains...

Mom and I were doing an illicit beach walk. We had been told to stay off the beach, but as I explained to the.park ranger that accosted...