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February 13, 2007 22:35
Order What You Want Eat What You Get
The sign near the door reads, “Order what you want. Eat what you get.” Charlene’s Diner in Jewitt City is a drab narrow building on Main Street, the sort of place that doesn’t entice much walk-in traffic. I would have never known it existed were it not for a friend who took me there fifteen years ago. So, last November, on a crisp Sunday morning when my wife suggested that we go out for breakfast before the children got up, “Charlene’s,” was my response. ...
February 13, 2007 22:06
Aunt Doris
Aunt Doris
The accident was family folklore. My father was in his early forties and he rode a Harley. I don’t know the model or year, all I have are mental images of the huge gas tank on which we took rides snug in his lap with the gas tank in front and the gear shift lever on the side. Color doesn’t register, just the bulk, the steel and the huge dial of a speedometer. And ultimately, the large white bandage that encircled his head. The fragmented images of a four year old.
