Just Us Cafe — Wolfville, NS

Caucasian male, mid 20s, with blonde dreads, wearing jeans, long-sleeved button up shirt with T-shirt peeking out underneath: blue on blue on blue. His TIMEX wristwatch is circa 1972.

Consilience, Edward O. Wilson (Vintage)

Pg. 71:

I think we will know if we come close to the goal of our predecessors, even if unattainable. Its glow will be caught in the elegance and beauty and power of our shared ideas and, in the best spirit of philosophical pragmatism, the wisdom of our conduct.

His grampy had died more than three years ago. Just this morning he’d noticed it — that same physical habit of shaking his watch down on his wrist, turning it until the face of it was where it was supposed to be. How long had he been doing it? How long did he have before he started turning open tins of sardines while grousing at Rex Murphy’s voice on the radio? How long before he was smacking Old Spice onto his razor burned neck?

- Ami McKay

Just Us Cafe — Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Caucasian female, mid 20s, with long blonde hair, blue plaid shirt, jeans, and large pink handbag.

Before and After Getting Your Puppy, Dr. Ian Dunbar (New World Library)

Page 2:

Your puppy needs to be prepared for the clamor of everyday domestic living — the noise of the vacuum cleaner, pots and pans dropping in the kitchen, football games screaming on the television, children crying, and adults arguing.

She smiles to herself, remembering it was his idea to get a dog. They have narrowed it down to a lab mix or something with border collie — energetic but not yappy. They are going to look at the shelter today. His mother is coming to visit next week. They should have the puppy by then. She will make it clear it was his idea to get the dog.

Ami McKay