Fair-weather Wallace

So the latter half of the summer, there was this younger round-faced guy with big hockeystick sideburns who waited at a bus stop at the end of the block.

Usually he is in a kilt. Today, however, he is in cargo pants. Now its true that his kilt could be at the cleaners, but today is also twenty degrees cooler than its been in months.

Sitting next to me is a girl missing the lower half of her right arm. She is reading a book turning pages with her elbow. She has to lean forward to turn the page, so every few moments she looks as though she is really into the story.