
Year One
Marigold halos refract through collected raindrops on the windshield as streetlights appear and slowly fade into the distance. Snuggled under the covers in the back of our 1978 VW camper bus, I squint at the headlights approaching through the back window. The steady thrum beneath me slows as the lights in the window transition from yellow to red. Red kaleidoscopes into green, the engine’s pace quickens, and we take a wide turn onto a tree-lined residential street. As we pass