Notes

Ebenezer Road

1. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981), 109, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6730169-certainly-there-was-an-eden-on-this-very-unhappy-earth.

2. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, s.v. “abandon,” accessed May 19, 2020, http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com.

The Movie Theater

1. Dax Shepherd on his podcast, Armchair Expert, November 2, 2019, at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, TN.

The High Line Hotel

1. Dictionary.com, s.v. “amateur,” accessed May 21, 2020, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/amateur.

That Sounds Fun Podcast Studio

1. This is my paraphrase of a famous quote by Wayne Gretzky.

Disneyland

1. Jackie Gailey, “Disneyland Candlelight Processional Dates Confirmed December 7–8, 2019,” Disney Information Station, October 11, 2019, https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/disneyland-candlelight-processional-dates-confirmed-for-december-7-8-2019/.

The Little White Kitchen

1. “Leftover Roast Chicken Soup with Roasted Vegetables,” Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain (blog), January 30, 2013, https://againstallgrain.com/2013/01/30/leftover-roast-chicken-soup-with-roasted-vegetables.

2. “1-Pot Pumpkin Black Bean Soup,” Minimalist Baker, accessed May 19, 2020, https://minimalistbaker.com/1-pot-pumpkin-black-bean-soup/.

The Pet Shop

1. Mwenya Mubanga et al., “Dog Ownership and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Death—a Nationwide Cohort Study,” Scientific Reports 7, no. 15821 (November 2017), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16118-6.

Sevier Park

1. While You Were Sleeping, directed by Jon Turteltaub; Burbank, CA: Hollywood Pictures, 1995.

Neighbors Restaurant

1. Lexico Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “hobby,” accessed May 21, 2020, https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/hobby.