Francine Walls

She was the best mom. In hard times, she’d put a Bible under my pillow so words of comfort mingled with my dreams. (Fear not, for I bring...

“king of the gods” in high school, caped with scepter in hand, a gentle smile, the basketball star in our tiny world, at 21, a lieutenant...

a woman straightens the chair on the patio outside her room. Her Easter lily, parched, sits untended, one bloom left. As I pass she says,...

His scent lingers near his bedroom door, I sniff the air – a startled deer – then feel his absence in the molted room. #DeathValley...

That momentary disengagement Like the clutch in the old Dodge I think: I have to get a message to her Then: how can I get a message to...

A cake her father bought her mother – always on the frosting the shape of a clock with the hand five minutes to midnight for the New...