Lilith walked the salt fields, testing each step with her cane. The young ones thought she did it because it was an old tradition. Tradition? What rot. When she first came to this planet with the colonizing expedition from Earth the land had been far less stable. Too many of her fellow colonists had died when the salt flats gave under them unexpectedly. They’d done a lot to stabilize the land, just as they’d done to make the atmosphere breathable. But she could never convince the kids they needed to be cautious. So she did the checking herself.
The Hub: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Photo credit: Dawn Q. Landau
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