mlodiknotes

'You’re eating a grapefruit one morning, dreading your presentation later. Sunlight spills across the table. It’s too nice out to go to work today. You get in the car anyway. Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer” comes on the radio and suddenly...

-You're stuck in Orlando for a week with your mom and little sister. That’s what summer vacation looks like when you're from the Midwest. The hotel lobby greets you with a fountain straight out of the movie Splash. You say it outloud. No one laughs. Upstairs,...