It was difficult to ignore her emaciated appearance. Ribs pressed through a fine layer of white fur and, despite the cat’s apparent lack of ownership, she should have been plump and healthy. Our early 1960’s-era cul-de-sac was strangely situated among the thick pine...
Each of them drew strength from the other. We might have done the same if our lives had been stripped of our closest companions, comfort, and convenience. Poverty and starvation loomed in the future and, desperate, the women were forced to leave the home they’d...
