Tom Painting

Making the best of it

The rental smelled of mold; the window frames warped and front steps rotted. It sat back a ways from the two-lane macadam road sorely in need of a coating of tar and chip seal. Our days of tenting had come to an end based on arthritic backs. One look at the bed, slumped in the middle and adorned with a patch-work quilt, suggested more of the same. Isn’t this quaint, my wife said as we made our way to the dock and saw the lake pristine and perfect.

deadfall
the shelf-life
of bracket fungi

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About the Author

Tom Painting teaches junior high humanities at The Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia. He facilitates a student bird club and is an associate editor for The Heron’s Nest.

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