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A comet, a heatwave and a whole valley out past midnight.

Six keepers' cottages, one rule: the lamp stays on.

Speakers on the window, popcorn on the dash.

Inside the dishes that hear the quietest things.

Ice, dust and a tail that always points away.

Twelve diners that never turn the sign around.

An essay on wonder, written on a borrowed typewriter.

A week off the grid, two hours from anywhere.

Peaches, shade and the stall that sells out by nine.

A roll of film, found and finally developed.

Coast to coast in a wagon with no radio.

Where the records nobody wanted end up.