My Doctor Said Stay in Bed. I Was Already on the Pacific Coast Highway. When I Got to the House I’d Built for My Parents’ Anniversary, My Brother-in-Law Was Evicting Them. I Laughed in His Face and Said: “You Have Exactly One Hour to Leave.”

were hard. The house was full of rosemary and jazz and the particular warmth of a space that has been built for specific people and is now being used by them for the first time.

I watched my mother move through the kitchen running her hand along the counters. I watched my father stand in the workshop doorway for a long time just looking at the workbench continue reading …