alias
He introduces himself by one name and gives me a business card with a different one. "They're both my names, in a way," he says without further explanation.
brisk
Windswept park benches are my new favorite place to read.
commiserating
It feels good to talk to someone who understands family dysfunctions and can laugh about them mirthlessly with you.
mannerless
They press against the tables and gouge the food platters.
punctured
She's a shrewdly cute old woman, but it's easy to imagine her fifty years younger, lording it over her children, deflating them.
relics
Her apartment contains antiques, stained glass, and undisturbed shadows.
sanguineness
We drag our chairs out into the sunlight and talk about how to be inspired.
