#365 Big-Dot Day- Lucia Perillo
Arnie and his mother are moving again. This time from Las
Vegas to Washington State. New year, new state, new boyfriend for Mom. This one
is called Jay, not Ray, that was the last guy.
“Arnie new the guy’s name was Jay, but the old guy’s name
had been Ray and Arnie was afraid of mixing them up. Like the lizard and the
attack ship [the toys he brought] they were mostly interchangeable: same
body…but with different heads. Over the years, the guys stayed the same age
while his mother got older. In this way they were the one constant she
maintained.”
I like that idea: change being the only constant. Arnie also
liked fishing, and hoped hat being so close to the ocean meant better fishing.
He sees quickly that he has a learning curve ahead of him.
“Suddenly Arnie realized that they hadn’t just come to the
end of the earth but another planet where he didn’t even know the basic rules
of life.”
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