The Man in the Window

by Jon Cohen

“Remember as best we can, Gracie. Remember that on a summer day, the three of us stood a minute beneath a tree.”

Life was a fixable thing. If a thing goes wrong for you, and you know where to look and how to look, then you need not be hobbled by your calamities. You just reach right out, get the thing you need, and fix your leak and your torn screen, and yourself, most of all yourself, because it can be done, don’t you see?