The maiden lived in a sunny, lowland pasture that defied the long shadows of the three high peaks from the surrounding Alps. Gisela kept a farmhouse of oak beams and sooted hearth, its every task hers alone to tend. Chickens and cows were her morning wards, a field of wheat and rye her summer labor,Continue reading “Jungfrau”
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Waiting
Off the beaten trail from The French Quarter. A tiny gutted craftsman bungalow, one story, an open porch. Enough space for eight tables, like we always dreamed. Two on the porch, two in the windows. The others in the middle of that slanted Creole living room we called our restaurant. You insisted we had moreContinue reading “Waiting”
