Dawn Heikkila

By Tomasz Wieczorek, bought from his booth at the art fair on the square. Dining room. Appraised by Russell Tegtmeier in 2021.

…n the sofa. The nurse was there when I arrived, and took me into the kitchen and said, kindly and without softening it, that it will be this week. I read the chapter anyway. It was the one where they go out on the river before dawn to look for the lost child, and find him. I had forgotten that it was in there. I got…

At four yesterday afternoon Kate was at the back door with a carry-on, and behind her David, and behind him Ellen, grinning like children who have got away with something. Only the three of them. R. had known for a month and had not let on. I have not had my own three, by themselves, at this table since Kate left for…