Category: Friendship

Yasin’s family moved from Iraq to England when he was just a young boy. Yasin did not want to leave his home in Samarra but his father said that it was best for the family because it was not safe to live there anymore and he wanted his son to grow up in a country… Continue reading A Good Friend

“My time is almost up” I looked to the clock again. The numbers burned bottle green in the dark of my city cubicle.  “Two minutes left.”  Two minutes of life. Two minutes of breath. Two minutes of me. What to do with the time?  I’ve known it was coming for a while now. My body… Continue reading Outage

“Sandwiches or Thai?” I ask aloud, out of habit.  I can imagine Moira’s reply: You’re not on track with your calcium and folic acid targets today. Spinach is advised. Maybe a green curry? But today there’s no level, pleasant voice in my ear. Moira is, as they used to say, “in the shop” today for her… Continue reading Moira’s Day Off

We could talk about the storm. We could talk about the wind and waves. We could talk about the boat. We could talk about the life jackets. We could talk about the men and the lake. We could talk about why they went so far out from shore.    We could talk about the beer… Continue reading The Men and the Lake

I saw a tree and thought of you, or rather, thought of the way you see trees. I remembered when we walked through the Ramble in Central Park, a wild place in the center of a place wilder still, resplendent and emerald in the early summer sun. You stopped suddenly when you saw it. I… Continue reading Favorites