“I just can’t see myself leaving like this.” She was supposed to have left weeks ago. Months, actually. June 8 was her last scheduled day in Providence. “We’re at June 8. Okay. June 8. It’s here. And I can’t go. I’m like–What? What is happening? Why can’t I go? I love it here. I have […]
If you passed by a house near Charles Street at around eleven o’clock at night on Saturday, you would have seen a light on. “We hadn’t seen each other in 10 or 15 years. It’s been that long.” The two of them were sitting at a small table next to the window eating pizza from […]
Nicole Casey and her husband are teachers in Massachusetts who have a daughter entering kindergarten in Lincoln this fall. Out of concern for their daughter, they anxiously awaited RIDE plans for a safe school reopening. “When they came out, I was horrified,” she said. “There were no statewide safety requirements. Everything was worded in a […]
If you had asked her four years ago if she’d still be hooking up with a Republican, she would have told you there was no chance of that happening. “There was this confidence I had that once I got my life together, there were things I would change, and that was going to be one […]
“We put the screen up in the driveway and I’ll tell you the truth: I didn’t feel like taking it down. That’s all it was. I never thought much about it to tell you the truth.” If you drive to a certain neighborhood in Providence, you’ll see a house with a garage that has a […]
Dear Spyce, I met this guy online and we immediately hit it off. We exchanged numbers and started texting, pretty quickly getting to the point where we were texting all day, every day. Because of quarantines and such, we weren’t able to meet up for a few weeks, but by that time, I felt like […]
“I drove down and I got her, because I’m watching the news and I see all these cases going up, and it’s getting me nervous. I call my daughter and tell her I want to get her up here, and she tells me, ‘Yeah, Mom, I’m nervous too, but I can’t take off work. I’ll […]
“Where I grew up, we just left the doors open all the time, so I’m used to it.” Her wife gets mad at her. This isn’t the small town in the Midwest where she was raised, and even if it was, they have a little girl now. “That’s when I had to find a place […]
He almost had them one night. “I was two houses away in either direction, and then they stopped. It’s like they knew I was coming.” This is his first summer without his wife. She passed away last year right around Labor Day, and the two of them always enjoyed summers together. They’d be at the […]
Ah, summertime in Rhode Island. The beaches, the food, the cancellation of every major event because of the COVID-19 crisis … yeah, we’re sad it’s not going to be the same, too. But – there’s still plenty to do this summer from the comfort of your own home, or while getting out and being safe […]