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The Quiet People Carefully balancing the cardboard box in front of her, Michelle slammed the passenger-side door with a backward shove of her right foot, thereby, for a brief moment, exposing a band of skin between the top of a wool crew sock and the bottom edge of the fashionably faded blue jean pants leg. The suede dark brown deerskin loafer anchored the foot, and complemented the cream color of the quilted barn jacket. In front of her stood the large Meeting House, as Quakers call the building they use for worship. The blue-grey of the slate roof was capped with a neatly pointed red-brick chimney. Soon, she knew, wafts of blue smoke would emerge from that chimney, a bit compressed by the heaviness of the misty air. Already, like a diner pre-tasting a favorite dish, she could feel the cozy warmth inside the Meeting House that would greet all comers and seduce some into quiet slumber during worship. ...
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:32:24 +0000

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