Early in the morning the men came. You could feel the house shake as the big trucks rumbled down the street. The dog growled from the upstairs window and barked back and forth frantically, pacing through the parlor.
“The men are here to take down the tree,” my wife said. “You’d better move your car.”
I slipped on my shoes, grabbed the car keys and hurried out into the street. >>more
Brian T. Maurer has practiced pediatrics as a Physician Assistant for thirty years. His "Marginal Notes" column appears periodically in the Cell2Soul Blog. The title "Marginal Notes" is taken from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "I love a broad margin to my life."
