InsaneJournal

[The book is Claiming Ground and it is sent from Texas, in a standard mailer. The pages are curved and bent at the corners, as if if the book has recently been read. Tucked between the pages, there is the following note:]

Requests for the week I am gone:

- Do not allow Vlad to kill my marsupial.

- Hire someone to paint 905 sage green. Inform roommate. Be careful, she might bite if startled.

- Ensure shop is not burnt. If burnt, handle insurance claims.

- Attend my AA meetings for me. Tell them all about my insecurities, so I do not have to.

- Be careful.

- Take care of yourself.

Ella,
who does not expect a letter in return. In fact, return letters will not be tolerated.

P.S.: Finding oneself in isolation, the book feels, is the key to things.