Very moving story. Glad I read it (I read it out loud to myself which was very pleasant) - love the spare writing style too, and the way the past is constantly woven into the present moment. Really effective. Oh also, I think I picked up a typo? The sentence: "and it shook off a bit old metal each time you did" I think is missing an "of" as in "and it shook off a bit of old metal." :-)
everyone seemed to have that color fridge when I was growing up, just like everyone’s dad bought their mom appliances as personal gifts, then wondered why their wives wouldn’t talk to them for weeks. nothing says love like giving an item to someone that everyone in the house needs/uses.
Very moving story. Glad I read it (I read it out loud to myself which was very pleasant) - love the spare writing style too, and the way the past is constantly woven into the present moment. Really effective. Oh also, I think I picked up a typo? The sentence: "and it shook off a bit old metal each time you did" I think is missing an "of" as in "and it shook off a bit of old metal." :-)
good catch! thank you.
Pleasure - thanks for the great read!
This one has layers. I think I may need to read it a fourth time. I hope the puke-green fridge wasn't an autobiographical bit.
everyone seemed to have that color fridge when I was growing up, just like everyone’s dad bought their mom appliances as personal gifts, then wondered why their wives wouldn’t talk to them for weeks. nothing says love like giving an item to someone that everyone in the house needs/uses.
Excellent 👏🏻
Thank you!