There Was Once A Young Man Who

It’s An Artist’s Job To Show People The World They Live In. We Hold Up Mirrors.

The Converse Held Reassuringly True: Daylight Was Safe. Daylight Was Always Safe.

There Was Virginia Boote, The Food And Restaurant Critic, Who Had Once Been A Great Beauty But Was Now A Grand And Magnificent Ruin, And Who Delighted In Her Ruination.

In Reality The World Is Made Of Thousands Of Groups Of About Five Hundred People, All Of Whom Will Spend Their Lives Bumping Into Each Other, Trying To Avoid Each Other, And Discovering Each Other In The Same Unlikely Teashop In Vancouver. There Is An Unavoidability To This Process. It's Not Even Coincidence. It's Just The Way The World Works, With No Regard For Individuals Or Propriety.

May Your Coming Year Be Filled With Magic And Dreams And Good Madness.