December 8thPlus pets“Christine saw my father at a clinic in La Crosse, a small city along Wisconsin’s western border with Minnesota, a place known to most, now, for having lent an archaic Old French version of its name to America’s most popular brand of flavored sparkling water, La Croix, a drink concocted there in the early ’80s and eventually sold to a publicly traded holding company based, for the tax purposes of its owner, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.” Excerpt From Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar “Just remember this, Mr. Potter: that this rabble you’re talking about—they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? —George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life” Excerpt From Homeland Elegies Ayad AkhtarA coincidence that this is the maple syrup I pulled from my cupboard?
Portland Peaches 