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She descended the stairs into the subterranean bar. The venue was not its typical laidback atmosphere; it was chockfull of ghouls and goblins, witches and devils, skeletons and superheroes all for one of biggest social events of the year – Halloween night in Madison, Wisconsin. On that night the bars…

A small brass trophy sits on our kitchen counter. It has already assumed its position among the other clutter that accumulates in a well lived-in kitchen, camouflaging itself against the backdrop of everyday life life. It is my son’s first trophy, given to him and every other member of the…

An amalgamation of memories, hours and days and months strung together in sequential order, then sifted and twisted, until they’ve chronicled years, decades, a lifetime. A sloppy stew made from an experimental recipe, sometimes with too much of this, sometimes with too little of that, and sometimes with just the…

She watches them out of the corner of her eye. Two boys – one older, one younger – blend into the crowd of children running, dancing, and playing among the families, couples, and friends who have gathered in the park for the summer concert. She watches the boys with her…