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November 23, 2005

and through the woods

It's getting dark and I get in the car and head out to fetch Herself, who is at a friend's house. On my way up the hill I see a clump of teenagers on their way down the hill. They are, to a man, dressed in black. I stop the car even though I don't recognize anybody, and I roll down the window. "Hi Mam," says Moo. Everyone clumps around the car and pokes arms in through the window and moans weirdly. The walking dead? "We're zombies," says a voice in the back.

"Mom," says Moo, "you still have your apron on." I look down at myself. So I do. I have just finished baking a cheesecake. I expect I will be wearing the apron pretty much nonstop for the next 24 hours or so.

When I get to the friend's house all the little girls are running around in the front yard screaming "It's snowing! It's snowing!" And yes, it has started to snow--tiny flurries, wet dots on the car windshield. Herself smells like cold when she opens the door. "Mom," she says to me, "you still have your apron on."

Driving down the hill toward home I look for the group of zombies, but the road is empty. The snow is heavier now, actual snow now, flying at the windshield like it has a purpose. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving.

Posted by JudyLa at 11:30 PM | Comments (0)