Gail Jonesis an Australian novelist and academic... (wikipedia)
We received no negative comments and after reviewing the information from the public hearing last week, we concluded the fire district will be a benefit to Rock Creek and to the county as a whole.
They got us through to the finish line.
I knew a lot of other people who had stroke. I wanted to help those people by doing a marathon.
I'm not a chef, I'm a cook. A chef is someone who spends a lot of money, my mother taught me.
Unmediated joy was nowadays unfashionable.
Friends are an intersection. A route back to the world.
Shifts within friendships happen in imperceptible increments. There is distance, then assurance. Misconjecture, caution, gradual convergence. So much depends on the respect accorded to vulnerability.