Callie K WestMay 85 minHELPLESSThe roses were blooming, all at once, on both sides of the sidewalk: red, yellow, pink. It was too much, the profusion. Jessica closed...
Callie K WestJan 14, 202115 minParadiseMy father’s last words were to my sister-in-law Melanie. “Take care of Larry,” he told her. Soon after, he took a turn for the worse, and...
Callie K WestJun 20, 20205 minSSDDAs was often the case, Dorothy’s first thought when she woke up was, “Nothing new under the sun.” She’d had the thought a few times...
Callie K WestJun 19, 20203 minTHE DRIVEI fly up the on-ramp like a thousand butterflies lifting from the earth. Merging, I hear honking. It sounds like an elephant trumpeting....
Callie K WestJun 19, 20202 minTHE SCIENCE OF ENDINGSHe had some questions. He wondered if there was an edge to the universe. He knew it was expanding, always expanding. But way far out...
Callie K WestJun 18, 20206 minVACCINATIONWe were dancing in the streets; I mean literally. Moms with babies in their arms and a glass of Bacardi and Coke in their hands, laughing...
Callie K WestJun 17, 20204 minCARELESSIt didn’t take long for us to be on hugging terms. We liked each other right away when we met in the writers’ group, and started meeting...
Callie K WestJun 15, 20209 minSOCIAL DISTANCEGretchen gave a moment of consideration to the idea of walking out the door, across the packed dirt yard to the sidewalk, and looking up...