CONTENTS

1. TITLE PAGE
2. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
3. DEDICATION
4. THE FIRST WHIFFS OF SPRING
5. THE CANDIDATE
6. BEEF HEARTS TRIMMED OF FAT, BRAISED
7. PLAYHOUSE
8. HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE
9. FLORIDA IS FOR LOVERS
10. MEN OF THE WOODS
11. SMALL PINK FEMALE
12. POWER TOOLS
13. SHH
14. MOTHER’S TEETH
15. THE BABY
16. PLEASE
17. BAIT-AND-SWITCH
18. THE IMPRECATION
19. DEAR SIRS
20. COLONIAL REVIVAL
21. THE LOCKET
22. THE HUNGRY VALLEY
23. VICTORIAN WEDDING PORTRAIT
24. BJ
25. COOLLY, BLUELY
26. LINE
27. DERLAND
28. THE DOMINANT ANIMAL
29. SALAD DAYS
30. LIVE A LITTLE
31. DESIGN FOR A CARPET
32. THE WINE MANAGER AND I
33. TA-DA!
34. YET YOU TURN TO THE MAN
35. VAGRANTS
36. NOW THIS
37. DEAR MARY
38. THE OLD MILL
39. FABLE
40. MASTER FRAMER
41. THE RESCUED MAN
42. LEMONS
43. THE POKER
44. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
45. ALSO BY KATHRYN SCANLAN
46. A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
47. COPYRIGHT