All That Was Hers

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She lived alone but always had fresh herbs on the sill.

A painter in her 70s, apparently — or so the neighbour said — who made toast at odd hours and painted houses from memory. She always left the curtain open.

Said the morning light helped the cuttings root.

One afternoon, I walked past and saw her holding a lemon up to the light like it might tell her something.