Risa Lonas

“With one hand disturbing a colony of parasitic life forms in his uncombed hair, he yawned loudly.
     ‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between them making Steve’s nose twitch involuntarily.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange

“I have all the time in the world from life to life to do what is to do, to do what is done, to do the timeless doing.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away.”
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia

“Cream cheese is the perfect blank slate from which to make a flavorless sandwich spread that can serve as an alternative to mayonnaise or butter. Or use it as God intended: on a fresh, toasted bagel.”
― Irma S. Rombauer, Joy of Cooking