Today was my weekly trip to my dad's in upstate NY, and I stopped at a small supermarket to pick up some things for lunch.
The guy ahead of me in the checkout line--tall, bearded, father of a young-teen daughter who was bagging for him--had a tattoo on his skull, curving around his left ear, that said "WORK HARDER."
What the--? Is it an admonition for the rest of us? A reminder or motivation for himself ... that he can only see if he looks in a mirror? In the alternate reality I conjured up to e...
Published on January 21, 2023 15:31