Richard Snodgrass, author of the novel "There's Something in the Back Yard," and the book of photos and text "Kitchen Things," lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Marty, and two indomitable tuxedo cats, Frankie and Becca.
Tunnels of Love
First, you had to pull the red wicker settee with its circus-striped cushions a few feet away from the wall. Then you put the army surplus table Mother sometimes used for the sewing machine next to that, in front of the closed-in fireplace; and if Father wasn’t using them for the work he brought home …