As told by Virginia Vauthier Charles was lonely. His brother John Burns has just left for school at the University of Arizona. It wasn’t far away. The two boys had been doing everything together for so long it was like a part of him was missing. “Guess I will go for in the desert on […]

As told by Virginia Vauthier The old woman took her morning coffee and went to the front porch to sit in the chair by the little round table. It was 7:30 a.m. on a spring day in April. The roses had their first blooms. The calanchoe was still covered in red blossoms. The cottonwood across […]

As told by Virginia Vauthier There is no such thing. Everything happens for a reason. Some people just don’t carry through. Example: It is November in Texas, persimmon picking time. Virginia had sent her family in the D.C. area a box of persimmons. About ten days later there were still a good many on the […]