The roach-crawling apartment, broken down car, the Waffle House, forty-plus hours a week of aching feet and grease-saturated clothes.
All gone now, left way away down there.
It’d been in her mind ever since signing up for the course. She’d ingratiated herself with Jerry, a middle-aged divorcee who thought he knew everything about ballooning and was eager to share.
The look on his face when she cast off the ballasts and left him standing there. Poor sucker couldn’t believe it. Probably planning what he’d do when she landed.
But she wasn’t going to land.
She turned the burners to full.
She flew away with his balloon:)
Hope she knows how to land safely..
Be safe.
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Animator, filmmaker, screenwriter, author, and manga artist has a fascination with sky worlds. My guess is that “Nausicaa” is shadowing the Valley of the Wind about now.
Oh oh …
He might be happy she left him behind, when he learns … Oy vey.
Hey thats a lovely piece, I hope she finds what she’s after
I hope she has a plan for when she lands. Great escape fantasy!
Is she planning NOT to land? Just float forever–or at least until she runs out of fuel 🙂
If she’s gotten this far, I’m sure she has a plan…the scary part is always taking the first step…ah, I mean, launch. 🙂