In this short collection, we have four installments from local essayist and author, Fred First. 1) Pet Zachary, given to friends before an out of state move, finds his way back home to find his family gone; 2) bulleting diary events because the markers of time become lost in a gray haze of passing days; 3) reviewing a life with snapshots of children’s passages; 4) where are we moving along the road of time?