Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

“Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside?”

“It had made her too helpless, because that's what love did. There was no way ar…”

“In no time the perennial borders were thick with rosy-pink foxglove and cream-c…”

“...(roses) each one shivering with cool silver light.”