A Lesson on Lingering

A Lesson on Lingering

Outside the generous window of this restored 1800s barn apartment, twilight had settled over the Trinity Mountains. A single soulangeana tree glowed pink against the fading sunset, while the white dogwood buds waited to open in the shadows of the tall pines. Inside, the world was warm, luminous, and alive. We had spent the evening gathered around an ample wooden table – a piece of history that likely held a century of family stories – the pasta …