Planes, Trains, and Chest Pains
Tayvin plans a free night at All My Sons down to the minute. A pharmacy refund and a long train leave him and Emma eating tacos in the car instead.
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Dragging My Feet over a Molehill
A new TV sits on the floor for weeks because the IKEA stand in the garage looks like a long, hard job. It takes a screwdriver and an hour and a half.
When, Oh When Will My Grill Come to Me
A church picnic at Rio Vista waits on a grill that was supposed to arrive at ten and shows up at ten forty. Two phrases for a deadline you barely make, and for the separate pieces that still become one day.
Adventures in Amateur Plumbing
Taco night stops when a bowl of rice goes down the disposal, and dinner waits while the sink comes apart. Two phrases for a mess you caused yourself, and for the hard work it takes to fix it by hand.
Going Bananas for Gorillas
Saturday church cleaning moves to the evening so the family can reach the San Antonio Zoo. Two phrases for a chore you still mean to do, and for a first visit that still counts.
New Stakes in the Back of My Mind
A finished book pulled an old time-travel thought experiment off the back shelf. Two phrases for a worry that sat there for years, and for what you actually stand to lose if you change the road.
Couldn’t Put Down December
Have you ever finished a book you couldn’t put down, only to find the person you wanted to talk to wasn’t on the same page yet? A Kickstarter audiobook, a hardcover still in the mail, and two phrases for that gap.
Rome Wasn’t Built in That Classroom
Have you ever known exactly what you wanted to say and found nothing there? A nap-time scroll and a Kyoto English class explore drawing a blank versus work that was not built in a day.
Dungeon Crawl After Dark
Have you ever had a day that started before most people’s alarms and ended after they were asleep? A Wednesday of early lessons, parenting, a home-server hobby, and a late-night dungeon crawl with friends explores around the clock versus burning the candle at both ends.
Float Like a Butterfly, Think Like a Bee
Can a bee learn, remember a human face, solve a puzzle, and understand zero? Tayvin looks at bee cognition and why a tiny brain can challenge our ideas about intelligence.