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Continue reading →: Summer Squall
A beach day cut short In June of 1985, my older sister Karina’s eleventh birthday was spent at Newfound Lake, a pristine state park in New Hampshire. It was our favorite place to spend our summer days. Along with our family, a handful of my sister’s friends were also there…
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Continue reading →: Six Inches Under
A hamster’s demise It was bad timing when my teddy bear hamster passed away. I sensed it was Coy’s last night on earth when his usual frenetic movements became exaggeratedly slow. I watched him through the side of his glass cage, smiling down at him like a mother who loves…

