Author Archive: Emilie

Blue Evening

Blue Evening Supper’s coming on. Praying.  Passing.  The clinking of silverware.  Grateful scraping on plates.  Sliding of chairs. Dishwater so hot it steams in the last rays of sun.  Everyone helps. 5:30. Unbraiding of hair.  Filling the wicker laundry basket…
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Pecan Coffee Cake

Coffee cake is that siren of rich, buttery cake and decadent cinnamon/sugar/nutty goodness that pairs so well with coffee that it married coffee and decided to take its name.  It is “cinnamon sugary” enough that you could *almost* make it…
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Carl

Carl   Carl always asked for tea. It was an unconventional choice.  In a small rural community where guests were always offered cups of steaming black coffee, hardly anyone ever asked for tea.  But Carl always did. He was a…
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Snow

Snow They are magic– those first few, floating flakes. They fall, soft as featherdown.  If you are very quiet you can hear them softly giggling.  Your breath is a moment of warmth hanging motionless in the air. Time seems to…
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