Out-takes XV

About two weeks later Isabella got out of bed in the middle of the night. There was a storm raging. She went to the wood shed and got a spade and began digging up the flower beds.
Edith was woken by the ghost. [...]



Out-takes XIII

Always there is the same question, Robert. Why did my mother leave? Who was this woman who left us three sisters to our fate? She is difficult to know. As difficult as you. I’ve gathered some stories about her life, and if I put them together in sequence you’ll have [...]






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