I never understood the phrase "good grief." Mostly I just sort of nodded my head and assumed it made sense to someone somewhere. Now, I doubt that ( Read more... )

"Do you think we'll ever see her again?" I asked Robin as we walked toward Michelle's home in Blowing Rock.

"I see her every day," Robin said.

"That's not what I meant," I said. But it was, I realized later. I'd seen her that very morning.

A dream:Michelle, Robin, Frank, Tyler, Max, and I had stumbled upon this orchard hidden in the forest near ( Read more... )