class reunion | class reunion
Jun.17.2011
Behind the street lights, the sky is milky gray, featureless, an extension of the sidewalk under my heels. The air is damp and chill. My brother’s condo is three blocks away. Ten minutes ago, I turned down any number of offers for a ride there: tonight I need to process what has come before, and...
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Jun.27.2010
My husband and I are on a road trip with our motor home. Along the way we’ve experienced good news and bad. Our initial stop was Petersburg, Nebraska, population 380, for my 50th class reunion. The first few days storms raged every night. The sound of thunder and the pelting of rain on our motor...
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Jun.15.2010
My husband and I recently journeyed back to a small farming community in northeast Nebraska (pop 380) to attend my class reunion. Boone County is one of the loveliest spots in our nation. Its pastoral scenes include rolling hills, in the summer covered with young plants of corn waving in a...
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Dec.29.2009
My best friend is dying. We have been friends since fourth grade back in a small farming community called Petersburg, NE. We have hiked together, swam together, ice skated together, traveled together, been Maid of Honor at each other’s wedding. Her husband walked me down the aisle; my husband...
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