Jane gave Heffie an anxious look. It said: "Please forgive me." It also said "What's your problem?" and "Have a nice day". Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like the dare of a cat.
Lorrie Moore's wit slays me. I keep elbowing Kiff in bed to read him passages like the one above. I was not supposed to buy fiction on mat. leave, but I could not wait for this.
Ok, the other best things I have seen recently are:
Elana holding Mia and Lisa holding Gabriel on a sunny bench in Dufferin Grove park and gossiping up a storm.
T riding her bike up my street, massively pregnant, 1 week away from due date, her toddler in the bike seat behind her, cursing her midwife who had promised that the baby would come early, then wondering if all the biking she is doing is making the baby stay there for the ride.
