The Only Door That Opened When the Others Closed

water,” Carol said. “And the fence gets the early light.”

Ivy took one of the paper packets, tearing the top edge carefully to reveal the small, dark seeds inside.

They looked like tiny pieces of coal, rough and dry in her palm.

She used her finger to press a small trench into the soil, about an inch deep, just as Carol had taught her when she was a child.continue reading …