Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.


Always

Always


I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a book I've been meaning to reread. I thought now I'd have the time. I do, but I will later, too. This moment there are more pressing activities, like taking advantage of the sudden emptiness of the room.

So, get up.

I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Walk around. If anyone sees, you were just on your way out. Stand someplace new to think. What's the ceiling like? No one ever looks up.


Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and something changed when I wasn't looking. Only I can't put my finger on what until I've gotten ready and gone downstairs, and looked at the sky.

And the whole thing is cloudy,

Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the clouds are yellow. A deep, rich sort of yellow that darkens and lightens and patterns the sky with a fake stone countertop, or the background of a school photo.


Always

Always


Always

A moment passes

when I think I think of nothing, and as a remedy I reach into my bag and pull out a sticky note...

Like I open my eyes one morning

and something changed when I wasn't looking...

When people talk about the weather,

there's some translation required, I think...


I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

So, get up.

I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

when I think I think of nothing, and as a remedy I reach into my bag and pull out a sticky note. It's an odd shape: not quite square, but only just; longer than it is wide. But it is perfect for doing origami, if you don't know how to do origami.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and so I have no trouble folding this sticky note into the shape of a frog. I set it on the table in front of me, vivid on the greyish tabletop.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

So, get up.

I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


You could step behind the counter,

So, get up.

I also brought with me

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

but that doesn't look like you're on your way out. Could they blame you for being curious?— you're doing it, anyway. The floor is different back here. Weird. Where does the transition happen?— Just sit back down. There. Wasn't that something? Was it?

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

You now have 1 x Illustrated Book.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always

But I cannot think

the things I think so terribly normal...


Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

And the whole thing is cloudy,

Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the things I think so terribly normal. They must be! I am not special, not enough to have thoughts more than anyone has thoughts; but the specifics, aha, the specifics cannot be the same. It's unlikely.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and this is are the things I see. And because I am looking from exactly where I am, there is no one to see from here but me.


Always

Always


Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

And the whole thing is cloudy,

Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


I didn't mind

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

getting caught in the rain. It was fun, or at least a little silly. But the aftermath was inconvenient. I was home, and sopping wet. I felt like I shouldn't set anything anywhere— touch nothing— or else it would be ruined.

That's not really how that works.

I didn't mind

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

But I stood just inside the door, dripping, unwilling to move.


It's also that

That's not really how that works.

I didn't mind

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

when I move I notice the cold, I think. After that, I started carrying an umbrella in my bag. Even today, when it's not a cloud in the sky and sunny, and warm. (Well, not so sunny that I need the shade.) I don't know. I haven't used it yet, but I could sometime. When I need a little piece of clear day.

You now have 1 x Blue Umbrella.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a windy day thick with paper. Like a storm, all around, little white scraps and the occasional burst of color. Nothing large— wouldn't want it too in the way— but maybe pieces could be torn up, and that would give a visual irregularity, too.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it would be an awful lot of work to clean up. But maybe we wouldn't— we'd let it all sit like snow, and when it rains it would tamp down and dissolve in fibers flowing away.


Always

Always


Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

And the whole thing is cloudy,

Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


And the whole thing is cloudy,

Like I open my eyes one morning

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

And all the light coming through is yellow, too,

so the whole world takes on the same coloring. And maybe all those old sepia-tone photographs weren't the product of older technology but a day like today. My eyes are trying to adjust but I'm not sure I want them to.

You now have 1 x Under Amber Skies.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I forgot about

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the candy in my pocket. It was someone's birthday, I think, and they brought packets to share. That sort of thing is probably harder now that we're in multiple classes over the course of a day. So: weird, but nice.

I won't say no to candy,

I forgot about

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

but I put it in my pocket. I feel weird eating in front of other people, even if they are, too.


I won't say no to candy,

I forgot about

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Now, these colors present an opportunity.

Brown is the root. Green for the fifth. Maybe yellow is the seventh. Blue— something out of key. Augment. Jump a tritone. Anything.

I'll hold on to the blues. Those ones are good to share, I think.

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

You now have 1 x Piece of Blue Candy.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 46 - sssssssssh!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


I return to my tablet.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The frog waits, watchful, without the barest hint of movement. Expectant.

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

You now have 1 x Paper Frog.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

there's some translation required, I think. You can't take what anyone says at face value.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

be wary. The sun is high overhead, beaming down such that while you can't look at the sky, you surely cannot look at the ground. Brightness abounds.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the things I think so terribly normal. They must be! I am not special, not enough to have thoughts more than anyone has thoughts; but the specifics, aha, the specifics cannot be the same. It's unlikely.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and this is are the things I see. And because I am looking from exactly where I am, there is no one to see from here but me.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


And in the meantime,

Afterward,

Sometime I would like to see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I could snatch something out of the air. Small and flitting, with— what inside?

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.

You now have 1 x Bright Blue Envelope.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Something about sitting

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

with the clear and sun makes me feel older. Like— "I read the news today..." It's not unpleasant, but I wish it were raining.

It was, earlier.

Something about sitting

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Raining, I mean. I saw the wet little spots on the sidewalk first. Weird, how you know it must be raining on you, too, but you don't feel it right away. Then they outnumbered the dry. Then I felt it.


It was, earlier.

Something about sitting

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I should probably get inside, I thought.

Go back. Heh. "Back to school." But there's still time. No need for any of that yet. Wait until you are different. Until the rain changes your mind.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 26 - teem down!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


All at once

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a feeling of great weight lands on me. And I don't know exactly what sort of feeling it is— not sadness, but certainly not happy. Not calm, but certainly not angry. It makes me want to write. It makes it hard to write.

But I tell myself

All at once

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't have time to write. Then I say I'm impatient, because I didn't write. Then I laugh at myself.


The amber comes in through the windows.

But I tell myself

All at once

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Isn't this a fantastic sight? A room all done up in gold? I pace across the living room, glancing out the window each time I pass it. I don't know what this is. I wonder.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 2).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Really, though.

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

This book. Every time I see the cover I'm surprised, just a little. Maybe I've forgotten exactly how it goes, so it's like something a little new. Maybe I just remember the side of it better.

A face staring straight out,

Really, though.

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

unreadable, tinted a little rose everywhere, except the eyes. Like they could be blue, but to stay neutral everything else went the other way.


But I know

A face staring straight out,

Really, though.

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

they aren't real blue. The front cover is real blue: lightning tearing whirling clouds. You think of a thunderstorm as one of the only times the sky isn't blue, but here the color keeps through, I suppose. It almost shines.

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

You now have 1 x Storm-Blue Sky.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

when I think I think of nothing, and as a remedy I reach into my bag and pull out a sticky note. It's an odd shape: not quite square, but only just; longer than it is wide. But it is perfect for doing origami, if you don't know how to do origami.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and so I have no trouble folding this sticky note into the shape of a frog. I set it on the table in front of me, vivid on the greyish tabletop.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I return to my tablet.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The frog waits, watchful, without the barest hint of movement. Expectant.

You've gained 1 x Paper Frog (new total 2).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

there's some translation required, I think. You can't take what anyone says at face value.

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

be wary. The sun is high overhead, beaming down such that while you can't look at the sky, you surely cannot look at the ground. Brightness abounds.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And with perpetual squint

If it's "nice outside",

When people talk about the weather,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

you'll stumble through the day (and endless reminder: it is day), and when you turn away you'll feel heat build on your neck, till you put a hand there to arrest the burning (but of course you cannot catch a flame), and it is only spring, you thought this sort of day was summer's, how is it only spring, and do you hear cicadas (and they were always there now cannot be unnoticed)?

You now have 1 x In Search of Good Weather.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Soon I am outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and waiting for the bus like any other day. But how can this be another day? The sky is different, so everything is different. I still want to know what is happening.

There are usually a few people

Soon I am outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

waiting at my stop but today it is just me. No chance that someone knows why. Not that I would have asked, had they been here. It would already have sparked their interest; they would talk, and I listen.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I hear the bus approach

There are usually a few people

Soon I am outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

before I see it, as usual. Then its color does not stand out as much. But, unlike the grass, or the street signs, or the sidewalk, the bus has not much lost for the limited selection of light in the air. It proceeds as ever.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 3).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And I step up into the warmth,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

or else the middling— it must have been cold outside. I slide into the second seat on the right, like always, and before I sit down I see that there are only a few people in the very back of the bus, and otherwise it is empty.

Then I look forward

And I step up into the warmth,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

to the grey back of the seat in front of me, (but because of the light it is not real grey) and see the ridges and scratches and the words someone has engraved in the misshapen slab when the driver was turned away, but I do not read them.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The bus keeps moving,

Then I look forward

And I step up into the warmth,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and I keep thinking, but not about anything— it couldn't be— because I realize I am asleep when the bus turns and I slide and meet the edge of the window with my head. Did anyone see that? I think I'm okay. When did I go to bed last night? Was I working on anything? But it doesn't matter now. Look out the window. See what else is color-changed.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 4).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The bus arrives

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and I am first off and first in and my locker is round the corner and first left. Soon I am in the library for study hall.— I could have slept in, and not missed class. But how would I get to second hour? Besides, I remember, you still have work to do. Oh, do you have work to do.

So get to a computer.

The bus arrives

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Has everyone finished their part of the essay? Yes. Looks like someone else is still working on it this morning— making sure sections connect?—


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


No time for that.

So get to a computer.

The bus arrives

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Presentation. You will give your part of the presentation in an hour. Write out your slides, but not too much. What are your main points? Is this even an argument? Of course! Of course. You should make yourself notes. Do you have any index cards? This is the library. There. Write out your points, but not too much. You will not read from the card. You will not read from the slides. Go over it a few times. You will know what to say. How will you transition in?—

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 5).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I step into the classroom

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and I am telling myself to listen and to say. We are not the first group to present, nor the last. Maybe if the group before us holds long, we won't have to go for another day. (There is only one group, and sixty minutes. No chance.)

I do not remember

I step into the classroom

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

what the group before said. I do not remember what I wrote down, but it was not their topic and it was thoughts. Then someone from my group stands up. Did the teacher say—? Get up. Stand on the far side, so we are symmetric. Hold your card at one side. Wait until it is your turn.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Was that a transition?

I do not remember

I step into the classroom

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

That's your slide. How were you going to start? Don't shift around so much. If you've time to lean, you've time— no. Don't laugh! You analysis is kind of grim. You— stopped. Okay. What's next? What did you just say? Continue— well, that was just the same. I think the teacher may have gone over some of this before you started. Were you paying attention? Because I'm not sure. Can you connect to what someone else said?— We're inside. The sky isn't amber, here. You were looking at the sky to be amber.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 6).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Once in the elementary school lunch room

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

What silent thing had all the children heard,

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

A similar thing happened to one of my friends

in their elementary school. But I've heard of no such thing happening in middle or high school. Perhaps we lose the sense for it, when we get older. Perhaps it's only then we need a reason.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 50 - we are proud to announce the long-awaited sequel, "plants vs. pride and prejudice"!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 50 - we are proud to announce the long-awaited sequel, "plants vs. pride and prejudice"

does wonder.

we are proud to announce the long-awaited sequel, "plants vs. pride and prejudice":50

Rambling Mind: we are proud to announce the long-awaited sequel, "plants vs. pride and prejudice"

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And I've got my tablet out,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and I'm typing notes. These notes. Well, you knew that. But maybe they'll be something else, later, when I have the time. (Oh, who am I kidding. It's not gonna happen. But, hey, this is practice, right?)

I figure if I just keep writing,

And I've got my tablet out,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I'll get better. Practice does that. I'll write down any little thing I want— to remember, I guess. But the important thing is: keep doing it.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Like, now,

I figure if I just keep writing,

And I've got my tablet out,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I've been writing about writing for a solid six minutes and I've not said anything. So this is never going anywhere,— but I also just sort of wrote without it feeling painstaking, which—.
(I just interrupted my own train of thought and tried to get going again in the middle of a sentence and look at that, we're back to the slow fumble again. All in one go. Do it all in one go.)

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

You now have 1 x Tablet in a Blue Case.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


It is over,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

but it feels like I am still up there speaking— and I am not listening to the rest of the groups; I am not listening to the teacher; I do not see the amber sky; I want to know how I did and I do not want to think about what I have done. What have I done?

The bell rings

It is over,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and my hands are not shaking, not exactly, but they are weak. And I notice the note card in my hand that could not have been there earlier.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


I forgot.

The bell rings

It is over,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I was holding it the whole time, little that it may help, and none at all if I do not read what it says. And I am breathing deeply for there is no other way to breathe, and I am down the hall and I have not looked at anyone to talk to me and I will not. And I do not think about where I am going next.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 7).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


When I get back

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

to my locker (having walked the wrong way for my next class) I am a little more collected. But I see the clock through the window of a classroom door and realize that the bell I had heard a minute ago was the final bell. I am late.

So you must hurry,

When I get back

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I think. You've got your stuff, already, you weren't planning on stopping by your locker anyhow; just go and get there and you will be a little late.

Still I stand there,

When I get back

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

letting time pass. And I think about my next class. And I listen to the empty hallway, full of voices distant or muffled by closed doors. And slowly I set my things in my locker.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And Mr. M will ask why you are late,

When I get back

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

So you must hurry,

When I get back

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and you will have nothing to say. And everyone will see you come in, and sit down— and there are no assigned seats in that class, so perhaps you will sit next to someone. And what are we doing in class today?— I think, and another minute passes, and I do not move.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And I take my backpack,

Still I stand there,

When I get back

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

as though I am leaving early. I am walking, now, as though I know exactly where to be, and am on my way. And I reach the end of the music hall, where there are no classrooms, but large windows. The amber streams in and lands on me, and I push through to meet it outside.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 8).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Now the sun is brighter

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the yellow tinge of everything is fainter— some other colors have been allowed to sneak by. As I walk I glance around and there is no one. But I am still in view of the school, so I start walking.

There is a bike trail

Now the sun is brighter

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

which runs close to the school. I imagine at some point I will have to turn around and head back, but for now there is grey asphalt and long yellow grass and trees which are no more brown than the ground.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


I do not know where this trail leads,

There is a bike trail

Now the sun is brighter

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

or in which direction I am following it. I pass a sign which I imagine to be a mile marker, though there is no label given to the faded white "3" painted on worn wood. It is on the other side of the path, so perhaps in this direction it is counting down. Then there is plenty left to walk, that I will turn around before I run out.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 9).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

wearing a bright blue raincoat. Have I seen it before? If she turned around, would I recognize the face under that hood?

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I'm no good with faces. (Or maybe that's not true. I always say that I'm bad at faces, and bad at names, but I wonder if I just don't do enough to remember. Do I need to pay more attention? Do I need to use people's names more often? How often do I know someone with no idea from where! But I don't want to guess and be wrong. It would be so terribly rude.)


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


She's turned to say something

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

to the girl next to her. She smiles. No, I don't know her. But the coat is nice. Right now, it could almost be the sky.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 45 - and trust it for a while!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 45 - and trust it for a while

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out. I always saw it was blue and never could get the color to change.

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the initial interest of learning about it I wasn't too surprised. Such illusions of color were possible, and this was another one. Still, I had fun showing it to people (though my methods may have biased them).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Then the news

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

came out that the real-life object was, in fact, blue and black. From then on, it wasn't some arbitrary trait or opinion, oh no. You saw it right, or you saw it wrong; and I saw it right from the very beginning, you know. Most people were fooled, but not me. And isn't that so nice and neat?

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

You now have 1 x Singular Perspective.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 21 - thank you!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like. (My mom would. I could ask her.) It turns out they're a whole genus of flowers, all with three petals, except for when they have four. Like clovers, except I don't think clovers are trilliums.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

They're found all over Asia and North America.

I found a kind that are native to here, and they're also called a whip-poor-will flower.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I knew I'd heard of that before.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

A whippoorwill is a bird. Apparently it's named after the sound it makes. I bet the flower doesn't make that kind of sound. So why is it called that?— I started reading about Scots after that. I don't remember how I got there. If I found out why that silent flower is named for sound, I don't remember.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 18 - oh, dinghy. oh, boat. oh,!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 18 - oh, dinghy. oh, boat. oh,

does wonder.

Rambling Mind: oh, dinghy. oh, boat. oh,

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


If there is anyone else

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

on the path, I don't want to see them. So I walk along the edge, watching the gravel and snakegrass. I try not to pay attention to the sound of my own footsteps.

Then there is

If there is anyone else

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a spot of light on the ground. I lean to look at it. Someone must have dropped it without noticing, leaving it nestled to the side.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


It's a little translucent die.

Then there is

If there is anyone else

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Just a cube— not any of the fancy polyhedra. Maybe it was part of a set of dice. (I suppose that's most commonly true— where do you get just one?) But if it was anyone's before, I don't imagine they'll find it now.

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

You now have 1 x Amber Die.

You've gained 1 x Under Amber Skies (new total 10).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Though it is not winter—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it could be colder— it is not warm, and I am shivering. I left my coat in my locker. I can't well go back and get it, or else I should go back and stay. And I will not stay.

On a day like today,

Though it is not winter—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

shadows aren't much darker than their lights, and the ground is not so bright to look at. So I see the speckling rocks that make up surface, and the faded lines that are its bounds.

And I do not think

Though it is not winter—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

but maybe act as though looking will prevent me from feeling. So if along the edges of the trail there is something to see I would see it, surely.

            1
            You need 1 x Tablet in a Blue Case  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Tablet in a Blue Case  - you have 1


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And I think to

On a day like today,

Though it is not winter—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

count the number of yellow dashes I pass. Or, how far apart are they? I could get a total distance. I imagine there is a standard for that sort of thing. Or— how would it be applied? One more dash passes. And one more.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


On the other hand,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the cold: that's wind's domain. Cold is sluggish on the smaller scale, and when all is still you can be too, and warmth accumulates in air and while you hope it isn't long at least this would be all right.

But wind takes all that away.

On the other hand,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Even without hint of snow the wind will make you feel it fall; dry, so unreal, brushing off hats and hoods and hair and hope you can hold onto your fingers or they'll freeze.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Sometimes, of course,

But wind takes all that away.

On the other hand,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the snow is real; then it clings, spreads, wets all and through; if you have glasses keep them shielded or no well-refracted images will get to you through droplets built crystal. And sometimes, the sky also melts. Maybe I said enough about that before.

You've gained 1 x In Search of Good Weather (new total 2).


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

where the trail is crossed by a road. There is a stop sign, which I think is more for the railroad track the trail follows for a time. A car reaches the line just as I the crosswalk. It starts forward for a moment, then quickly halts again as I step into the street. I am The Pedestrian; I have the Right of Way.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a fantastic phrase made unremarkable by regular use. Everyone has the right to way; to make way, to take way, to go way.— No, none of those quite work as interpretation. Way is way is all.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always

I have reached a point

Unlocked with 1 x Amber Die  - you have 1; Unlocked with


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the things I think so terribly normal. They must be! I am not special, not enough to have thoughts more than anyone has thoughts; but the specifics, aha, the specifics cannot be the same. It's unlikely.

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and this is are the things I see. And because I am looking from exactly where I am, there is no one to see from here but me.


Maybe if I am looking

All I am doing is looking,

But I cannot think

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

there are others who are listening. Another thing I cannot think is that there is much to hear; but that is up to them, if they are up to it.

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 27 - fraise!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and I have come unprepared. There's nowhere I particularly need to be— not for a while; not until the rain stops— but if I am to stay home first I need to get there.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I step out into the downpour, picking up speed but refusing to run. Soon my head is soaked— that was a given— but I am worried about my feet. Rippled sheets run across the sidewalks; puddles could be ponds between; a passing car turns up spray.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always

It is raining,

Unlocked with ; Unlocked with 1 x Amber Die  - you have 1


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

when I think I think of nothing, and as a remedy I reach into my bag and pull out a sticky note. It's an odd shape: not quite square, but only just; longer than it is wide. But it is perfect for doing origami, if you don't know how to do origami.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and so I have no trouble folding this sticky note into the shape of a frog. I set it on the table in front of me, vivid on the greyish tabletop.


I return to my tablet.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The frog waits, watchful, without the barest hint of movement. Expectant.

You've gained 1 x Paper Frog (new total 3).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


I return to my tablet.

I do not;

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

You've gained 1 x Paper Frog (new total 4).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


It's only happened to me the once.

What are the chances, I wonder,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Perhaps it's exactly as unlikely as it sounds.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 6 - IV. Death By Water!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


mornings always the same way, down

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the stairs to breakfast by formula: eggs,

sausage, fruit, cereal, always the same way,

always the same, and good, that, like

something familiar in the story of one

mornings always the same way, down

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

with or without name, as well, the feeling

sudden on regardless, what a something,

clear as day, only closer, dearest


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


something familiar in the story of one

mornings always the same way, down

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

in a field of yellow grasses flat on rooty

earth, footsteps' leavings upwards rather

than downwards prints; the sun on neck

as ever, shadow naught more than impression.

You now have 1 x The Golden Hour.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Is that why it's called that? I bet I could look that up. Maybe later. And what about "sleep"? What does sleep smell like? I don't quite understand that.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Lemongrass and sleep". And maybe it's there for the rhyme. What does it rhyme with? I don't remember the next line.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Always

Always

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 6 - you have 6


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


There are others, of course.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"But to her..." might be my favorite. At once all the sadness and links. And there's something about that makes me smile. And why? And why.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 29 - arthropod !!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

when I think I think of nothing, and as a remedy I reach into my bag and pull out a sticky note. It's an odd shape: not quite square, but only just; longer than it is wide. But it is perfect for doing origami, if you don't know how to do origami.

This frog joins the others

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

in an ever-widening circle around the original (the Prime) frog. Whether they are speaking or listening is unclear, but they watch as Prime looks outward to the wider world of the café.

            4
            You need 4 x Paper Frog  and  no more than 15 x Paper Frog (you have 4)

            4
            Unlocked with 4 x Paper Frog  - you have 4


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


"We cannot know

This frog joins the others

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

            4
            You need 4 x Paper Frog  and  no more than 15 x Paper Frog (you have 6)

            4
            Unlocked with 4 x Paper Frog  - you have 6

what forces languish beyond our world-table, be they kind, or mean; watchful, or uncaring; simple, or complex. We can only see our world to its edge, and know it to be full; and hope in what beyond is so."

You've gained 2 x Paper Frog (new total 6).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

in their elementary school. But I've heard of no such thing happening in middle or high school. Perhaps we lose the sense for it, when we get older. Perhaps it's only then we need a reason.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 13 - heh!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

mindful of the angle of introversion: largest

swath of the room with no people in. so,

the corner with the column such that scant

few seats unbroken lines of sight to me

It's empty.

the feeling not poorly, maybe, unopposed

to presence of it; reaction to a turn for sadness,

that this fondly person down. sad not to me, then?

no trust in this feeling, that goodness out of bad


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

step and little fall by grass-covered dip with

rocks in. ah! not all flat as first sight; but a gap

as wide as the height of the grass not secret.

far then, for any imperfection in the near-horizon.

You've gained 1 x The Golden Hour (new total 2).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

when I think I think of nothing, and as a remedy I reach into my bag and pull out a sticky note. It's an odd shape: not quite square, but only just; longer than it is wide. But it is perfect for doing origami, if you don't know how to do origami.

This frog joins the others

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

in an ever-widening circle around the original (the Prime) frog. Whether they are speaking or listening is unclear, but they watch as Prime looks outward to the wider world of the café.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


"We cannot know

This frog joins the others

A moment passes

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

            4
            You need 4 x Paper Frog  and  no more than 15 x Paper Frog (you have 10)

            4
            Unlocked with 4 x Paper Frog  - you have 10

what forces languish beyond our world-table, be they kind, or mean; watchful, or uncaring; simple, or complex. We can only see our world to its edge, and know it to be full; and hope in what beyond is so."

You've gained 4 x Paper Frog (new total 10).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I went to the art museum

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a little while ago (though I couldn't spend as long as I liked,) and in a hallway between exhibits there were some works of glass. Vases, and bowls, and other things, across a hundred years or so. I guess that makes it all relatively new.

The largest by far

I went to the art museum

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

were two massive disks of optical glass, one blue, the other clear but maybe a little yellow. And through the clear one you could see the path outside come to a point in the center before returning to being a straight line. What was that shape called? A cusp?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The blue one had

The largest by far

I went to the art museum

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

some kind of curly imperfections in it, but the outside could still be seen (as though underwater). I only thought afterward that someone chose to put this glass by the windows, that it may be seen through with sunlight. That may have changed more about the sight of it than any feature of the glass itself. And I have no idea who.

You've lost 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 0).

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

You now have 1 x Blue Lens.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The night sky was white,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

for a moment. As I looked the window flashed again, again, again; then just the reflection of the lamp by the wall. The rain made distant tap, almost crinkle, and in time the low rumble of wind was joined by another: distant jumbling, crumbling, cracking thunder.

I knew the sound would come,

The night sky was white,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

but still it took me by surprise with its intensity. Had I been watching close I may have begun counting seconds: five to a mile, ten to two— I think that's how it works. When was I taught that? So young ago. It would help to know the distance— how separate is this thing I cannot but hear?

And I was struck

The night sky was white,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

with sudden thought that I had somewhere to be— the sort of impulse which would flee at my first hesitation— and took and made no time in mixing up with cool night. Felt the rain, saw window specked, falling water, air, light; mustn't the air be dry to give all this?, all this sky; sky; sky. That was another bolt and I don't know how close.

            1
            You need 1 x Storm-Blue Sky  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Storm-Blue Sky  - you have 1


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.


Now what's left is only wind,

I knew the sound would come,

The night sky was white,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

with all the swells and whistles— if I could see the trees, they must be shaking.

You've gained 1 x In Search of Good Weather (new total 3).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that drifts insistent down from the bell tower. That happens too often, for what are meant to be familiar pieces. Sometimes I think without context of the original, the flattish tone of these versions loses something along the way.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

But this could not be one of those times.

The song feels familiar in that way that a new song can— a surprise that makes you change your breathing, stop seeing and listen, feel the world accompanied by the sound.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always

I don't recognize the song

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that drifts insistent down from the bell tower...


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

where the trail is crossed by a road. There is a stop sign, which I think is more for the railroad track the trail follows for a time. A car reaches the line just as I the crosswalk. It starts forward for a moment, then quickly halts again as I step into the street. I am The Pedestrian; I have the Right of Way.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a fantastic phrase made unremarkable by regular use. Everyone has the right to way; to make way, to take way, to go way.— No, none of those quite work as interpretation. Way is way is all.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and I have come unprepared. There's nowhere I particularly need to be— not for a while; not until the rain stops— but if I am to stay home first I need to get there.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I step out into the downpour, picking up speed but refusing to run. Soon my head is soaked— that was a given— but I am worried about my feet. Rippled sheets run across the sidewalks; puddles could be ponds between; a passing car turns up spray.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Right of way" is

I have reached a point

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

There's nothing for it.

It is raining,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always