the pages of a 2006 diary – tainted milky-yellow and a slight ripped-off corner,

dates an innocuous fantasy journey to the heights of distant flying gulls (a sweaty, budget-airline flight);

an exploration in the inner depths of the Narnia seas (a discounted ticket to Underwater World);

the battle of a clanking, laser-shooting robot and a handmade cotton chicken (available in stores for only $0.99);

and in the corners of various chapters, doodles of heart shapes and smiley faces – disproportioned, sweeten the ends of the magical trips

(and, of course, those were waxy crayons found deserted in the radius of a trash bin)