Short Stop: The Airport Bar at 6:47 a.m.
L.C. Hill 7 a.m. is too early to get served alcohol at the airport. I order a drink at 6:47 and wait. I rip a piece of bacon off the strip in my hand. The man across the bar watches me. He does not drop…
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Short Stop: Questions
L.C. Hill When I was little, I asked my mom a lot of questions: “Why do you wash the dishes in hot water?” “Do you have to use the turn signal when no one else is around?” “Can I lick the bowl?” I remember going…
Short Stop: The Cleanest Air on Earth
L.C. Hill He hands me a glass vial of the cleanest air on earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says so. The data is right there on the label. “There’s really air in here?” I look through the glass at nothing. “Yes. Don’t open…