The Postcard
“The place still had that faint, sweet pipe-smoking odor. He looked around for a while, paying more attention to various British tourists than to any one item in the entire shop.
Next, he stopped off at Fisher’s Handmade Quilts and, for the first time, actually took notice of the intricate patterns and highly colorful pieces that went into making an Amish quilt. He thought again of Kari and felt bad that he had rejected his niece’s plea to accompany him here. Sure, she and Janice would have had ...a good time—he would’ve seen to it—but he wondered how things might’ve turned out with them having to tag along to his interviews and all. Too late now.
The restaurant was humming with tourists. Philip registered his name with the hostess, waiting for Stephen Flory. He reached inside his sports jacket and felt the postcard there, while around him sightseers chattered about candle barns and basket lofts. The recent drug bust, involving two young Amishmen, seemed to be the biggest buzz on visitors’ lips.MoreLess
Next, he stopped off at Fisher’s Handmade Quilts and, for the first time, actually took notice of the intricate patterns and highly colorful pieces that went into making an Amish quilt. He thought again of Kari and felt bad that he had rejected his niece’s plea to accompany him here. Sure, she and Janice would have had ...a good time—he would’ve seen to it—but he wondered how things might’ve turned out with them having to tag along to his interviews and all. Too late now.
The restaurant was humming with tourists. Philip registered his name with the hostess, waiting for Stephen Flory. He reached inside his sports jacket and felt the postcard there, while around him sightseers chattered about candle barns and basket lofts. The recent drug bust, involving two young Amishmen, seemed to be the biggest buzz on visitors’ lips.MoreLess
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