Read these if you like Pastoral Life
Listing 2 stories.
After his mother passes, a middle-aged man reminisces on the relationship between himself, his mother, and their house in rural Pennsylvania.
A WWII vet jumps off a train and stumbles upon a woman living on a dilapidated farm by herself. He stays there for years, fixing up the place with her, until he suddenly moves on and the events of his earlier life finally unfold.