Outside by Barry Lopez

Author:Barry Lopez
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781595341884
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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EMPIRA’S TAPESTRY

THE FALL EMPIRA LARSON came to Idora we remember not solely for her arrival but for the height of the drought. Winter rains the year before never filled the creeks. The following summer the woods were parched and brittle and we worried terribly about fire, though none came. It wasn’t until Christmas that the creeks came up and the river filled.

Empira came to teach fourth grade. She boarded with me her first six months, then moved to a small house that needed repairs and was always damp, but which gave her a depth of privacy people like her seem to crave. It was my own feeling that she had arrived on the heels of some difficulty with a man—not necessarily something he had caused, either; but I didn’t inquire and wouldn’t have. She showed a sharp tongue if provoked but otherwise had a fine bearing and was gracious with the children. She seemed to live the life before her, not one left behind.

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