The empty parts of the apartment echo when doors are left open, as they have been when the landlords are showing the place. I wonder what they say when explaining why it's going to be vacant again, what they know and what they speculate. We told them what we've told most people who aren't friends and who have only known us in passing. We're ( Read more... )

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I do not need these receipts anymore.
I do not need this thank you card.
I do not need this photo of my parents.

I left work in the middle of a Monday afternoon, after a housebound silentq told me that there was water in our basement, that it was rising and that she needed help. The storm that had been lingering over the weekend was into its fourth day ( Read more... )

on the way home from a chef's tasting dinner with wine pairing at Ten Tables, silentq and I roll up to a red light. The girl is a little wobbly on her bike.

silentq"4 glasses of wine was completely unreasonable."

me: "well, I'm proud of you for finishing three and a half."

silentq"but that's part of my problem right now ( Read more... )