Thomas Reed was 84 years old, and he had not climbed a lighthouse stair in twenty years. He had been the keeper of a small lighthouse on the coast of… Read more
Martha Cole was 76 years old, and she was tired in a way that sleep did not fix. Her diner on Willow Road, in a small town in Ohio, had… Read more
Walter Hayes was 81 years old, and he had stopped expecting surprises. He lived alone in a small house in Wyoming, near the railway line he had worked on for… Read more
Earl Whitaker was 78 years old, and he had learned to live quietly. His ranch outside a small town in Montana was smaller than it used to be. His wife,… Read more