GREAT READS → CALLIGRAPHY Issue 931 · October 6, 2022

The Still, Small Voice

It was when we lost our apartment that Ronny fell apart, seven years of blistering, blazing anger unleashed

The Still, Small Voice

I hate both.

I’m stuck, though. Just like the words in my head, in my throat. Stuck.

“Avivit?” Yaffa pokes her head through the flaps. “Did the timer ring yet?”

I shake my head and continue with the puff pastry. Dot, dot, dot the butter on a third of the dough, fold two thirds over, roll. Dot, dot, dot. If it’s going to be the perfect combination of crisp outside and tiny pockets of air inside, I need to work fast. Roll. Dot, dot, dot.

The shrill ring of the oven timer makes me jump even though I knew it was going to go off any minute.

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