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Where I work (Michelle)
To look at this shabby little doll, you wouldn’t think she was once a prized possession. I was given her when I was about five or six. I didn’t have many toys and was overwhelmed when I first saw her. Her hair shone and she was wearing a beautiful navy and white dress. I called […]
Miracle Fish
Over three years ago, everything in our big fish tank died, except for two snails. I was going to clean it out, but it was a chore, and I kept putting it off. Then, weeks later, I happened to glance through the green-smeared glass and saw a fish. It was no bigger than a pencil shaving […]
The Big Picture
Things look different from above. I’m floating over upstate New York in a hot air balloon. The farmhouses below are building blocks and the lines of corn are drawn on the ground with a green crayon. I count the cows in a field at a single glance. Roads lead directly to a distant town. I […]
Buckets
Why do we catch things and put them in buckets? When we go to the beach, my son and I always go looking for crabs. They hide below rocks, sheltered behind curtains of seaweed. You have to use the handle of the net to flush them out, and then scoop them up before they scuttle […]