“I could put my cigarette out in it,” the man says and laughs a little. Blond and tall and lean, he rolls the window up to keep the ashes from blowing back in his face, making the jeep unbearably hot. It is barely past breakfast. “It’s only kerosene,” he says. Jay and the girl ride…
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After the Snowy Day
When they wake in the morning the fire has died and frost covers the window panes. New snow blankets the ground outside. The woman and her husband and the boy push themselves out of bed. The man makes a fire while she boils water for breakfast. They drink coffee and hot chocolate, wrapping their hands around…
Life Along The River 