It rained all day. The sash that opened yesterday is tight. You’re propping your grocery bag on the hallway radiator while you jostle the handle, the damp smell of wet oak seeping through the gap where the frame meets the... Read more
The bottom moves. The top one has not moved in months. You kneel on the hallway floor just outside your apartment door, the chipped edge of your plastic putty knife digging gently into the paint seam along the left edge... Read more
You are about to slide a knife into the paint line. The hallway’s motion-activated night light glows soft yellow off the chipped edge of your apartment entry sill, and the stiff plastic component you came out to adjust sits half-stuck... Read more
You lift it and it slides back down. You’re halfway out the apartment hallway window to water the hanging basil you hung last week, and you almost drop the ceramic pot when the frame slams toward your wrist. It’s 8pm,... Read more
A cord dangles inside the frame. The window is heavy. You hook the end of the cord with the flat edge of your flathead screwdriver, yanking it far enough out to grip between your thumb and forefinger. You set your... Read more