I loved how the three characters, each a little lost, found warmth in conversation and reflection. That final image of the moonlit tree is just perfect. It was quietly meditative.
This has the quality of a fairy tale, minus the magic and the fairies (but with the animal spirit...) Vividly realized, Kate - I felt like I was pulled up on the next seat at the counter with them.
Thanks so much, Troy, and sorry for my massive delay! Life just now :)
Love that it could be both fairy tale and real life drawn in. Yes, I didn't imagine quite as part of the real world, could have drifted off into the surreal if I allowed it to continue...
“Wow, I always thought the Europeans here were more…superficial?" Ouch!
Lots going on here, Kate and I enjoyed the bear story (though a sad ending). I'm glad that the discreet (24-hour neon lit) charm of the konbini has entered your mind!
Wonderful little vignette, reads in part a bit like autofiction!
I loved how the three characters, each a little lost, found warmth in conversation and reflection. That final image of the moonlit tree is just perfect. It was quietly meditative.
Thanks so much, Jon!
Apologies; I'm terribly behind on everything.
This has the quality of a fairy tale, minus the magic and the fairies (but with the animal spirit...) Vividly realized, Kate - I felt like I was pulled up on the next seat at the counter with them.
Thanks so much, Troy, and sorry for my massive delay! Life just now :)
Love that it could be both fairy tale and real life drawn in. Yes, I didn't imagine quite as part of the real world, could have drifted off into the surreal if I allowed it to continue...
“Wow, I always thought the Europeans here were more…superficial?" Ouch!
Lots going on here, Kate and I enjoyed the bear story (though a sad ending). I'm glad that the discreet (24-hour neon lit) charm of the konbini has entered your mind!
Ha, have I struck a chord? I do always wonder what the generalized feelings are about 'others' and then how those feelings break apart.
Thanks for reading, Jeffrey!
I don't know the answer, but I wonder if “European” is a category much used here for those generalised feelings, as opposed to “Westerner”?
Probably 'Westerner' - ? I guess I don't like the word Westerner so I avoid it!
I don't like it much either! 😊