Contents

Part One.

Annotations about an Absence: Going Forward

Part Two.

Woman Records Brief Notes Regarding Absence: Benchmarking:

Part Three.

Other Prose Surrounding Absence

a.

Our Secret

Movie Emotions

Highway 17 Revisited

Marriage with Dogs

The Outlook for Quirky

His Signs

Waiting

When the Time Comes

b.

January 24

Q & A

The Age

Trajectory

Shift

What Is Shown

c.

A Serious Story

What Mattered

Along the Way

Finally

There Must Be a Reason

The Unaccountable

They Built a Wall

Rush Job

The Play Was Going to Be Huge

The North Pole

Hereditary Job

Journey to the Unknown Regions of the Extreme Outside

d.

Woman Interviews Self with Reference to Stories

Acknowledgments

About the Author