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Linda Lemery
March 13, 2025

Black Hole or Sinkhole? (A Mamie and Solly Story)

Scene: Mamie and Solly stare at their moth-eaten-looking front lawn from their sidewalk and debate about what might be happening there in another reality. Solly (pointing): I think it’s a sinkhole, Mamie. Forming on our front lawn. Covered it with a tarp. City engineer coming to take a look. Plumber might be able to fix... Read More
Fiction
February 19, 2025

Unpacking It (A Mamie and Solly Story)

Scene: Mamie, standing in blustering wind in a Midwestern, middle-class cul-de-sac with baggage strewn around their van, is watching Solly, up on a stool outside on the passenger side, fiddling with the car-top carrier’s attachment to the roof rack. Mamie (hands at waist, elbows out): Solly, what’s happening here? Have you lost your mind? Solly... Read More
Fiction
January 10, 2025

Sanctuary (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene:  Mamie and Solly are talking while walking in the mall for exercise.) Mamie (dreamily):  We’re so lucky, Solly. Solly (side glance):  Why? M:  People see us.  And we see them. S:  Not surprising.  They have eyes.  So do we. M:  Of course we do. S (frowning):  Why do I think you’re going to tell... Read More
Fiction
November 9, 2024

Geriatric ADD (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene:  Decades-married Mamie and Solly are in The Dive, an underwater hotel.  Mamie is having early morning coffee and reading in the glassed-in lobby.  Fish swim around outside.  Solly joins her.) Solly:  Good morning, Mamie.  Is there tea? Mamie (sitting):  Of course.  I just had the weirdest experience. (pointing) Oh, look!  There goes an eel!... Read More
Fiction
October 8, 2024

Salty Tale (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene:  Mamie and Solly, decades-long spouses in time, sit at breakfast in their sunny yellow kitchen.) Solly (unfolding his napkin): Pass the salt, please. Mamie (happily): Which one? S (eyebrows flattening):  What do you mean, which one? M (whipping out a tray):  New salts for you! S (frowning):  Why are there so many salt shakers? ... Read More
Fiction
September 10, 2024

Quantum Exchange

(Scene:  Mamie and Solly, married for decades, are weeding a garden.  Weeds are flourishing amidst sparsely populated iris.) Solly (staring down in dismay): Garden is really overgrown. Weeds and flowers are intertwining. It’s a knee-high jungle.  Mamie (on all fours, weeding):  How could all this have grown up so quickly? S (pulling on a weed): ... Read More
Fiction
August 4, 2024

Schadenfreude Tuesday (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene: On Wednesday, Mamie is driving a minivan pulling a rental trailer, jammed with consignment furniture that didn’t sell, on the road toward home, 900-miles away. She and husband Solly are rehashing what happened the day before.) Mamie (singing the first phrase, then speaking): On the road again … glad it’s Wednesday … view out... Read More
Fiction
July 11, 2024

Dads (A Mamie and Solly Story)

            “Tea?” asked Mamie, turning her head toward him, raising her eyebrows.             Solly glanced at her from the driver’s seat, seeing a slender woman, endearingly familiar, proffering a traveler’s mug with a dangling tea bag string. In the air conditioner’s gentle breeze, her graying hair stirred in rhythm with the string.             “Sure,” he... Read More
Fiction
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