Table of Contents

1 Prologue: a landscape in a minor key
2 Napkin: 33,000 feet
3 The arrival
4 Lake Washington
5 Taze's house
6 Downtown Seattle, coffee, and the ferries
7 The Ninety to Poulsbo: all this and a cup of coffee
8 The Kiana
9 Taze's seagulls
10 Peyote George and the Pike Place Market
11 Napkin: Olympia
12 Olympia: confessional earthquake
13 The Timberline, Cherry Street, and The Stranger
14 The Space Needle: no longer a tourist
15 Taze's email, and plans
16 Graceland: 764-HERO
17 Dear Jaymi: life after Binghamton
18 Napkin: Seattle's Best
19 Napkin: Taco Del Mar
20 The cranky day
21 The party: insecurity
22 New friends and nightswimming
23 Mom
24 Lake Tapps
25 B&O Espresso
26 The Westlake Mall balcony
27 Western wacky weed
28 Instability and terror
29 Napkin: the Ave.
30 En route to North Bend
31 Promise fulfilled
32 The Snoqualmie River: close-up
33 Twin Peaks in color
34 SeaTac Airport
35 A love letter
36 A thank-you note