Mariah!

Watch the moon rise over the tarmac, feeling very alone. Yawn and blink into the sunrise through smoked glass, coffee and diesel a heavy morning perfume.

Queue, shuffle; hurry, now. . . wait.

Faces and conversations are a swirling blur but location is a three letter code. Consider the daydreams carried through this place.

In the rush of being place-less yet always moving towards, origins are forgotten and only destinations matter.

The Scientist had just rather urgently ordered a bottle of wine and was willing his wife to reign in her disdain, shooting her death-looks, and silently pleading with her to please, please, please NOT offend the Dinner Guest, this esteemed colleague who was considering moving to town to work for the corporation and who just might be the kind of geeky, low key, well educated friend he'd not been able to find since college.

As the waiter scurried over with the bottle and the wine key, the Dinner… Continue

It was Friday night in a trendy restaurant in a mid-size city and the place was packed elbow to elbow with trendy, mid-size people, and while initially a low hum kept the place pleasantly cozy, by eight the noise level had risen to a din.

The scientist was there with his wife and the dinner guest who was his colleague, but they had hit it off well and the scientist had hoped he and the dinner guest would become great friends seeing as they had so much in common and it was tough to find good, ne… Continue

The television advertisements for ice cream started the second week of May, right around the time that local writers started bragging about enjoying their home-grown tomatoes.

And sunscreen is now sold with an SPF as high as 100, which is great because you can't find a sun hat or a swimsuit, so you'll need the extra coverage.

Don't bother trying to find supplies for your swamp cooler over Memorial Day weekend because the hardware stores are already sold out.

The hot dog to bun ratio is alread… Continue

"I'd like a ticket to New York please," she said, smiling worriedly at the ticket agent, "and, um, I know it will be hard to find a seat for me at such short notice, but I just got news of my grandma's death, you know, she'd been real sick for a long time, putting up such a good fight and, well. . . no one expected it today. . ."

She would ticket-through overseas once she reached the coast, finding this sympathy-gathering lie conveniently advantageous.

She picked the ladies' room nearest the t… Continue