Storytelling Traditions. The missing mortar.

“Oh, my god. Was grandpa mad?”

“No. What would be the point of it? We had two dozen rabbits to catch!” Dad laughed at the idea of wasting time on anger rather than solutions. Because his father did, too.

I laughed with my father. Our Sunday tradition of a beer and a phone call at 4 pm, my Eastern Standard Time, and his 3 pm Central Standard Time. I’m drinking a…