Linda J. Himot
Voter
For two weeks we’ve walked this mountain trail, the dog and I, through trees and over rocks to see the view, the morning sun, the vista...
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Stories for Kids
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Linda J. Himot
Oct 25, 20211 min read
No Trespassing
Tree swallows have occupied the bluebird house I hung, over there, in the garden, by the flower bed. Take a look for yourself neighbor,...
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Linda J. Himot
Jun 30, 20211 min read
Aunt Selena
The men in front of the drug store cease their banter, follow her approach with their eyes. Focus on her breasts, their heave with each...
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Linda J. Himot
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Recipe
The beach at Alligator Point wind swept and empty, tide out. No birds, sea shells or dunes since the last hurricane carried them away. It...
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Linda J. Himot
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Plant Savior
Unable to resist wilted, discarded, dying plants my mother picks them from garbage piles carries them home to nurse back to health. Our...
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Linda J. Himot
Sep 30, 20201 min read
The Prize
Can one, unsuspecting, lift a flap, step into a tent, find oneself perhaps transported. Flashing lights of the Ferris wheel, shriek of...
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Linda J. Himot
Jul 31, 20201 min read
The Garden Shed
Preoccupied with plants and weeds I ignore the darkening sky, distant rumble of thunder that heralds all tropical rainstorms in humid...
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Linda J. Himot
May 3, 20209 min read
Love Vanessa
After Cousin Martha died, it fell to me to go through her home of more than fifty years. The only very sketchy instructions she had left,...
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Linda J. Himot
Dec 10, 20194 min read
The Mystery of the Missing Socks
Kirby came to live with the Bealles when he was three years old. Before that he had lived on the streets – sleeping where he could and...
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Linda J. Himot
Dec 6, 20195 min read
Winky
Here I am, 75 years old, knee in a brace, face in a frown and the checkout clerk at the grocery store, about 60 years my junior, says,...
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Linda J. Himot
Dec 2, 20191 min read
When You’re Away
“I eat dinner at the kitchen table leftovers with mashed potatoes” - Kate McGarrigile When you're away I stay up late Iron shirts, clean...
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Linda J. Himot
Dec 1, 20191 min read
Rocking Chair
It’s evening on a summer night a small girl and her granddad on the porch share the breeze and waning light. He sits and rocks and reads...
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Linda J. Himot
Oct 31, 20121 min read
Dancing Uptown
In the Grill Room of the Hotel Taft Vincent Lopez and his band play “Shake the Maracas” and tea dances so girls in pearls and peter pan...
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