She carefully stepped out of her flip-flops and stepped into the water. She walked with a bit of a stoop. Her hair was grey and short with curls. Scars on her knees suggested past surgeries. She held on to the railing as she walked down the steps. I was sitting in the corner with hot, […]
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After the Fifth
Sun, 3 Nov 2013, 08:10 PM (-06:00)
We went for lunch a few blocks down the street from the main office. I was happy to have friends to eat with while I was visiting. We sat in a sunny spot in a glassy corner of the restaurant. After the meal, one of them started telling a story. “I went to a Giants […]
Hockey
Tue, 31 Jan 2012, 11:12 PM (-06:00)
It was the end of the week. We were the only ones left in the lab. Steve was sitting at his computer. I was packing up for the long drive home. Somehow the conversation turned to hockey. Don’t ask me how. But there we were late on a Friday afternoon in Houston, Texas talking about […]