• The trauma of shoving Basil into his pet carrier, him fighting to get out fiercely but silently. Worrying he’ll never forgive us. (He did.)
  • The sadness and self-loathing and bad behavior and beauty in Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son.
  • The Lyft driver to Casey and me: “I hope you guys are married 50 years.” (A counterpoint to the grocery store woman.)