My Neighbor Built a Balcony Over My Backyard While I Was Away So I Made Him Tear It Down

of someone you are no longer speaking to, the slight adjustment of posture that indicates you have registered them without turning. He did not turn. I went about what I was doing. We left each other alone.

The following summer I replanted the section of the yard around the maple’s north side, where the post had been and where the soil had been disturbed.continue reading …