Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Fri, 01 Feb 19 23:11:54 +0000 View Full Post My brothers and I tried skating that night. I was maybe six years old. They would have been eleven and twelve. My toes w...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Thu, 31 Jan 19 04:33:18 +0000 View Full Post It was too cold to snow. Temperatures dropped so quickly that the city lakes froze overnight, clear as glass. I laced up...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Mon, 28 Jan 19 21:55:59 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 9 END It snowed the second Saturday of November. I’d been out late the night before and woke to...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Mon, 28 Jan 19 00:26:31 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 8 She went into the living room, turned on a sitcom, and cranked the volume full blast. There ...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Sat, 26 Jan 19 19:39:27 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 7.5 She hardly registered my presence. “Chinese,” I said. “Do you want to try chopsticks toni...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Fri, 25 Jan 19 17:58:35 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 7 I stopped for Chinese on the way home from work on Thursday. Dry sautéed string beans, two sp...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Thu, 24 Jan 19 22:39:47 +0000 View Full Post •APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 6 Halloween night, we had about a dozen kids. Mom followed me to the door each time but stood ...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Wed, 23 Jan 19 21:21:43 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 5 Richard told stories. He shared secrets. He had theories. I let him rattle on, every once in ...
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Mon, 21 Jan 19 18:18:46 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 4 Things were getting tense at work. Corporate denied rumors of layoffs but everyone was jumpy....
Post by (@vivianmcinerny) on Thu, 17 Jan 19 01:22:20 +0000 View Full Post APARTMENT COMPLEX: PART 3 A couple weeks before Halloween, the super posted a notice in the lobby about trick-or-treati...
