Day One
“Before Ruby Jane leased the space for Uncommon Cup II, the building housed a commercial aquarium supply business with a built-in showpiece fish tank in the waiting area. She liked the tank so much that when she remodeled, Ruby Jane worked it into the interior design. The aquarium takes up most of the wall across from the counter; on work days I often find myself transfixed by the glittering motion during slow spells. This morning I sit at a table next to the tank, hoping to be soothed by the co...mplex, graceful dance of gouramis and angelfish. But the fish seem to have picked up on my mood.
I last saw Ruby Jane four days ago for our old friend Andy Suszko’s funeral. After the burial, Ruby Jane and I went to the reception, an event Andy wouldn’t have tolerated were he alive to object. He was never much for sentimentality, and a raft of neighborhood biddies bemoaning his demise over Waldorf salad and Swedish meatballs would have driven him off the rails. We stayed only long enough to shake a few hands and each drink a plastic wine glass overfilled with astringent merlot.MoreLess
I last saw Ruby Jane four days ago for our old friend Andy Suszko’s funeral. After the burial, Ruby Jane and I went to the reception, an event Andy wouldn’t have tolerated were he alive to object. He was never much for sentimentality, and a raft of neighborhood biddies bemoaning his demise over Waldorf salad and Swedish meatballs would have driven him off the rails. We stayed only long enough to shake a few hands and each drink a plastic wine glass overfilled with astringent merlot.MoreLess
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