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Southern Woman To The Fingertips

A rat snake was spotted not long ago in our garage, which has caused a certain apprehension among the distaff members of my household. Yesterday, as we were packing the car for the beach, my six-year-old Nora said to me: “Daddy, are you man enough to go into the garage and get my innertube?” And […]
Nora Lucia Dreher, Paris, 2012
Nora Lucia Dreher, Paris, 2012

A rat snake was spotted not long ago in our garage, which has caused a certain apprehension among the distaff members of my household. Yesterday, as we were packing the car for the beach, my six-year-old Nora said to me:

“Daddy, are you man enough to go into the garage and get my innertube?”

And I thought: I’m doomed. She’s six years old, and she already has the Southern woman thing down pat.

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