Tom Horn meets his fate

When I was a small child, my brother and his friend were led by an older boy into the woods. The older boy hung a hangman's noose in a tree and put my brother in it; my brother's friend ran back to tell my mother, who went barreling into the woods to save my brother. When the older boy saw her, he ran away. He could see that my mom was furious, and would do him some harm. She took my brother out of the noose, and they went home. He ended up with a burn mark around his throat.

Animal Kingdom

My three pet peeves: poor grammar, people who don't like animals, people who shout instead of talking..

letters

About 3 weeks ago I wrote a letter of appreciation to a colleague of my stepfather's. I thanked him for his kindness in sharing memories with me.