Nobody at the West Virginia truck stop wore a mask, while nearly everyone at the
drugstore in Kentucky and the grocery store in Missouri did.
            
     
            
    
        
            
                When driving through several states I notice that road signs have different
philosophies. Should I be more concerned about the past or the present? One
state warns me to look up and another
            
     
            
    
        
            
                You’re not a firework. Don’t drive lit.
            
     
            
    
        
            
                As the light drains from the sky, a single bat flaps toward the crescent moon.
            
     
            
    
        
            
                I picked up a cushion from the outside bench and there were hundreds of ant eggs
in the space between the boards. Now that the eggs were in the sunlight, the ant
colony