What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.
Lisa AltherOne didn't issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray for them to get through it.
Lisa AltherA snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.
Lisa Alther