Blow the House Down

After her first husband nicknamed her Porky,” friends began giving pigs to Elizabeth on special and not-so-special occasions until they filled a kitchen shelf. Porky loves those pigs,” her husband would announce to visitors. Elizabeth dusted the pigs once more before locking the door behind her for the last time.

Now living in San Francisco, Laura Jacoby is an editor who writes for pleasure and pain. jacobylm.net