Month: July 2024

Their Own Fashion

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 22, 2024 | Chronicles |

In their own fashion, each understood their loss was unique.  Caroline knew her mother’s pain...

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The Conversation

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 21, 2024 | Chronicles |

The conversation each of them looked so forward to never took place.  They found they didn’t know...

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Destinations

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 20, 2024 | Chronicles |

For the next few days the three of them weighed the pros and cons of different destinations.  Each...

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Father

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 19, 2024 | Chronicles |

Caroline’s father brought a stack of travel books back to their hotel room.  Florida and New...

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Two Sweaters

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 18, 2024 | Chronicles |

Caroline packed her favorite framed picture of her brother in her own suitcase, wedged between two...

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Window

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 17, 2024 | Chronicles |

Caroline guessed as best she could what her mother would want packed.  Out the window, she watched...

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Suitcases

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 16, 2024 | Chronicles |

They checked into a hotel in Burbank.  She asked her father if they could head out on a long...

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Afterward

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 15, 2024 | Chronicles |

Afterward, on the drive home to Burbank, Caroline’s fading mother announced she could not return. ...

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Rage

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 14, 2024 | Chronicles |

She felt the rage return when she threw her brother’s brittle ashes.  There was no release,  no...

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Early

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 13, 2024 | Chronicles |

Early one morning they drove up to the Carrizo Plain to scatter his ashes.  Her mother and father...

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Clematis and Chrysanthemums

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jul 1, 2024 | Notebooks |

Clematis and chrysanthemums, asters and larkspur.  Looking out at her mother’s garden, they drew...

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