midnight

midnight

returning

thunder

high

high beams

on a country road

the woods speed by

posting

posting a poem

the site doesn't

remember me

oh

oh, the heat!

an image of snow

to cool off

return

driving back . . .

that carcass abandoned

even by the crow

stranger

summer dusk

a stranger and I

share the path

rain

summer rain

wind chimes

faintly

prayer

morning prayers

a cardinal singing

on his branch

Mass

weekday Mass . . .

an old woman

prays the rosary

literary notes II

Patry Francis's The Liar's Diary (see "literary notes," below) is a tense and subtle thriller that includes a complex and unsentimental portrayal of female friendship. It's also remarkably successful in its treatment of its narrator-protagonist. Patry sets herself the difficult task of letting her main character tell her own story, while making sure we don't forget that this character is not a disinterested witness.

I'd be very interested in getting the reaction of women to this novel, which focuses on the experiences and viewpoint of women.