Essays, Fall 2008

The Music Within

by Alicia B. Bates

OUTSIDE, THE WIND IS BLOWING and there is a chill in the air. My thumb has stiffened and I can’t bend it. Cold weather days, when my thumb is stiff, remind me of my father. One winter evening my brothers and I lined up against our kitchen wall and Dad faced us, holding a pencil. With [...]

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