The man with a prehensile thumb
The Man With a Prehensile Thumb It is one of the coldest days of winter, around zero Fahrenheit, but my clients — a young couple — are looking intently for the right home to purchase. We arrive a few minutes early at the next home on our viewing schedule. I park. The listing agent’s car […]
The Dress
The Dress by Phoebe Sparrow Wagner I will never forget The Dress. Worn only once, with three quarter-length sleeves cuffed in white, and a demure white collar, it had two layers of navy blue crepe skirting, with a dropped waist and a sash. This was the first “dressy” dress I ever picked out all on […]
Remembering Wally White and Faith Ministries
This story originally was published as the lead story in the Religion Section of the Dec. 19 – 20 Weekend Edition of the Brattleboro Reformer. Thirty-five years ago, the Town of Brattleboro gave a homeless shelter run by Faith Ministries a December 25 deadline to close. The Christmas deadline — a public relations blunder — […]