During A Violent Storm, A Woman Sheltered Four Wolves — By Morning, Her Home Was Unrecognizable

spring. As a child I thought this was simply her way—one of those inexplicable habits adults maintain without explanation. Later I understood it as something else: the specific aversion of someone who has made a private agreement with herself not to look at certain things too closely.

My mother was a practical woman in most respects. But the forest-side continue reading …