Brood Xix
“The perfect moment when one simply stopped doing whatever had seemed so important only seconds earlier in order to take the kind of mental snapshot that would rise unbidden through the years, bringing with it the wistful smile we save only for ourselves.
For Vanessa Snow, this was such a moment.
Time both stood still and raced past. The dishes in the sink vanished beneath the rising swell of bubbles while the faucet continued to run. In her hands, the glasses and plates washed themselves. The w...indow in front of her afforded a view into another world entirely, where the early afternoon sunlight slanted through the shifting, Spanish moss-bearded branches of the cypress trees in golden columns so pure they could have been individual rays sent years ago from hundreds of thousands of miles away with this one occasion in mind. They shined like celestial spotlights onto the young girl kneeling at the edge of the yard where grass gave way to the morass of the Big Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake beyond.MoreLess
For Vanessa Snow, this was such a moment.
Time both stood still and raced past. The dishes in the sink vanished beneath the rising swell of bubbles while the faucet continued to run. In her hands, the glasses and plates washed themselves. The w...indow in front of her afforded a view into another world entirely, where the early afternoon sunlight slanted through the shifting, Spanish moss-bearded branches of the cypress trees in golden columns so pure they could have been individual rays sent years ago from hundreds of thousands of miles away with this one occasion in mind. They shined like celestial spotlights onto the young girl kneeling at the edge of the yard where grass gave way to the morass of the Big Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake beyond.MoreLess
Read book Brood Xix for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
7 / 10
User Reviews: