De Soto, IL. A town outside of Carbondale
with one traffic light and two strip clubs. Only in America.

 



Continental breakfast at the Quality Inn: Cheerios, Fruit Loops, or Dixie cups of waffle batter beside a waffle iron

 



Alison Joseph, Jon Tribble, and me grubbing at Global Gourmet

 

Squirrel climbing a tree on SIU campus




Squirrel scaling a brick wall

 



Gang of squirrels wreaking havoc on skateboards

 



Me reading from my book in Faner Hall

 



Me still reading after getting pied in the face (lemon meringue)
and bitten on the ankles by ruthless squirrels

 



Judy Jordan's dog sneezing on my shoes.
For real.