Picture of Holiday
yesterday | today tomorrow

Friday
December 18, 1998


The redeye from Seattle was made bearable by four Northwest beverage tickets my sister mailed in advance of their Dec 31st expiration. Waiting for brother-in-law Jim to pick me up in chilly predawn dark outside airport I bum a flavorless Yves-St. Laurent cigarette from a man who says bumming's not the custom in Minneapolis. "What are you going to do [for smokes] at your next stop?" he asks, fishing for a conversation. I tell him, "This is my final destination."

Gasoline is a carcinogen! Please, please, never pump your own!

contents