Bird (2008)
“For that spring, as the forsythia bloomed on the cliffs and the sea grass took root, I met the boy named Farley.
There are certain people who glide so swiftly and immediately into your life that their entrance is almost invisible. I cannot say whether it was morning or afternoon when I first spotted Farley, with his distinctive red wool cap, wandering the shoreline, only that it was spring, as that is the season I most associate with him. Spring and the smell of lilacs.
That year, spring follow...ed a long, hard winter, and the nets Wysteria brought home for me were in desperate shape, having been torn on the ice and snagged by driftwood. It was rare that I had a day to leave them or to be away from Wysteria, as she had a tendency to hover when there was little money and much work to be done, which was the case that year. As well, the bitter winter had left her with a lingering cough, rendering her thin and weak and more in need of me than usual. I had taken over the upkeep of the accounts while she recovered, and was painfully aware of the little we had left.MoreLess
There are certain people who glide so swiftly and immediately into your life that their entrance is almost invisible. I cannot say whether it was morning or afternoon when I first spotted Farley, with his distinctive red wool cap, wandering the shoreline, only that it was spring, as that is the season I most associate with him. Spring and the smell of lilacs.
That year, spring follow...ed a long, hard winter, and the nets Wysteria brought home for me were in desperate shape, having been torn on the ice and snagged by driftwood. It was rare that I had a day to leave them or to be away from Wysteria, as she had a tendency to hover when there was little money and much work to be done, which was the case that year. As well, the bitter winter had left her with a lingering cough, rendering her thin and weak and more in need of me than usual. I had taken over the upkeep of the accounts while she recovered, and was painfully aware of the little we had left.MoreLess
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