Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

went down to the kitchen and made a pot of black tea. I poured it into the yellow ceramic mug, the heat of the water instantly warming the thick clay through my palms.

I took my blue wool sweater from the hook behind the back door and walked out onto the front porch. The air was very cold now, the kind of cold that promised frost on continue reading …