Family Legends: True Love

B. A. Howard
Nov 7 · 3 min read
Photo by Micheile Henderson @micheile010 // Visual Stories [nl] on Unsplash

The women of the family are gathered around the table. 12 dozen tamales have been made and are in rotation to be steamed. The work areas have been cleaned. Someone brings out a bottle of homemade Fig Wine, roasted pecans and almonds, and fresh oranges and dried figs and apricots from the property. The young ladies get a splash of wine in a glass with a 7-up mixer, the women of age, a cordial glass full. It’s strong and tastes like love. With…

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B. A. Howard

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Surrogate wife and mother to hundreds. Hedonist with a guilty conscious. Unapologetic nerd. Clumsily introducing feminism to the “nice guys” who finish last.

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