One day not long after I moved back east from California

I had to go on an errand for the Level Line

Across town to Leisure Technology  

When I got out of my car in Leisure Tech's parking lot

I noticed several people standing by the next car  

Looking at the people

A flash of recognition occurred

Both to myself and to one of the people  

It was Stephen Pinsker  

Steve was from this same hometown

But he and I had both been living in California

Only a couple of months earlier

And had bumped into each other often there‑‑‑

(See Catching The Present)