Roxanne

I was parked on a stool at the Harvard Gardens when the kid came in. Evie, the waitress, pointed me out to him. He wandered over, picked up some beer nuts from my bowl, and whispered, "You're a finder, and I need to find Tulia." I squinched up, looked away, and said, " I think there's a Trulia, but I never heard of Tulia. I focused on the bubbles in the glass. "Look it up on a map. I don't give directions."

Java

If it's early in the morning, I need my Java hot, with heated milk.

Automat

The coffee had been cold for hours—the fourth cup from the free refill urn at the back of the counter.

Flashback Friday – The Great Race

We did not hop trains; it was much too dangerous.