The people I go home to

Family

Elena and I live in Dayton with June and Theo. My mother lives fifteen minutes away in Kettering, which is why Sunday dinner is at her house and not ours.

Elena between the shelves of the school library
Elena
June at the science table setting up her project
June
Theo walking to the bus stop with his dinosaur backpack
Theo
Ruth stirring a bowl in her kitchen while her grandson watches
Ruth

Who’s who

The Marshes

Elena between the shelves of the school library

Elena Marsh

My wife

Librarian at a different school across town. She brings home the paperbacks nobody checked out.

June at the science table setting up her project

June Marsh

11, sixth grade

Science fair, second volcano, checks the tray four times.

Theo walking to the bus stop with his dinosaur backpack

Theo Marsh

8, third grade

Learning the bus number. Eats the bread before dinner is ready.

Ruth stirring a bowl in her kitchen while her grandson watches

Ruth Marsh

My mother, Kettering

Sunday dinner, every week, for anyone who walks in.

Off the fridge

A few photos

Three generations around the table for Sunday dinner
Sunday at Ruth’s. Nobody thanked anybody.
June at the science table setting up her project
June, before the second volcano.
Theo walking to the bus stop with his dinosaur backpack
Theo, on the way to the bus.
Ruth stirring a bowl in her kitchen while her grandson watches
Ruth, and the spoon she hands you.
The family laughing outside in their winter coats
The first cold Saturday of the year.

From the kitchen table

Family posts

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  • June at the science table setting up her project
    The second volcano
    June’s first volcano for the science fair leaked on the kitchen table and smelled like vinegar for two days. She wanted to quit the project. Elena…
  • Three generations around the table for Sunday dinner
    Sunday at Ruth’s
    My mother still cooks for anyone who walks in. Yesterday Theo ate the bread before the pot was ready and she handed him a spoon and…
  • Theo walking to the bus stop with his dinosaur backpack
    Theo and the bus
    Theo learned the bus number and then forgot it on the sidewalk. He stood with his backpack on and watched three buses go by. June saw…