The Morning Air
It’s early morning. Earlier than it needs to be. Coffee is preparing itself — a habit I carried over from my parents. The window is open. I sit in my chair, quietly talking with the woman I love. A breath in. Cold, clean alpine air brushes against me… and something inside shifts. That scent. I […]
Happy Angle
On the road. Today, the most important journey of my life begins. I am sitting in a restaurant at the train station. An ordinary one—old tables, cheap chairs, a service counter, and refrigerators, each different, as if added without any plan. Burgers, chicken nuggets, cola. We are used to higher comfort. Sometimes we would call […]
A Moment Behind the Door
Exhausted and weary, I look at the last order. Just two more dishes… at last, the evening is calming down. An ordinary night begins. My voice is almost gone from giving directions, my body as dry as a desert. I step through the door from the kitchen into the restaurant with a single desire—to take […]