Scene from today
(In the style of Unphotographable.)
This is a photo I did not take of a family eating dinner in the Reed College dining hall, the parents two old hippies-alums from the 60s?-slouching comfortably in their worn-out sweatshirts, their frizzy grey hair flying in all directions, while their two preteen daughters sat carefully upright with straight brown hair flowing neatly down their backs and their matching hip-hugger jeans hugging the hips they didn't yet have. In this picture I did not take, the father is leaning forward, muttering genially to his wife without looking up as he applies knife and fork to the food on his plate, and they look for all the world like a gentle, non-abrasive replica of Miracle Max and his wife from the Princess Bride, improbably grouped with two earnest-faced and stylish daughters in red leather Mary Janes who seem to enjoy their company.