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...Zilpo, where townsfolk didn’t know why you would buy new drapes if the ones you had blocked the sun okay, or if you could make them yourself. Didn’t see the reason for a new table if there was one in the sitting room already; besides, what would you do with another table anyway, buy more trinkets to cover it? They did, however, realize the need for a post-office, and it was Granny’s mother, my great-grandmother, Zillie Power, who established it. At least she got the town named after...
...grandmother taught me the ways of this land, a land of winding dirt roads and hills peppered with rolls of hay perched on hillsides like giant spools of thread. In my Currier dorm room, I have a patchwork quilt on my bed and pencil holders made of reused tea canisters on my desk. It is a direct result of the strength and permanence of Appalachian values and Granny’s—my family’s—diligence in their preservation...
...another occasion, Frank called Karch after going to the emergency room. Despite her doctor’s recommendation that she stay at the hospital, Professor Frank was still trying to leave and lecture in class as scheduled...
...York Mets were a wild bunch. "When the Mets came to your town it was like Mardi Gras," you write. "The clubs would be packed, waiting for us to roll in. Guys wanted to get next to us and buy us drinks or take us into the men's room and lay out a few rails of coke . . .The only hard part for us was choosing which hottie to take back to your hotel room." You include a couple of anecdotes about your own sexual trysts. Why share that detail? Because it's the truth. This is not about some...
...cash and food coupons from the Singapore Indian Development Association, one of several government-funded charities, plus $55 to defray school expenses for his 16-year-old son. This support may not sound like much, but because Krishnan has fully repaid the mortgage for his three-room public housing estate apartment, thanks in part to a government scheme that allowed him to use his retirement savings to pay down the loan, the stipends take care of most of the household expenses while Krishnan looks for another...