Roadside diner, late
Coffee going cold while the highway turns pink
A chrome-edged booth table holds a slice of cherry pie, a full mug of coffee and a waiting order pad, while outside the long window the desert road runs off into a sunset. A dog rests its chin on the seatback watching the light go, the jukebox glows against the panelling, and the waitress works quietly behind the counter. It is the hour when nobody else is coming in and nothing has to happen.
Indoors, Countryside, Dusk, Overcast, Nostalgic, Playful, Company, Neon, Mid-century, Y2K
In this room
- A journal: what you write stays in the room, and only the people you choose can read it.
- A sound of its own — rain, a fire, a radio station to leave playing.
- A clock that keeps your time.
- A window with the real weather where you are.
- A note for the day, where you will see it.
- Frames for your own photographs.
- An assistant that knows the room and what you keep in it.
- A shelf for your files.
- A lamp that turns the room from light to dark.
- Steam rises from a cup.
- The lamps give a soft glow.
- After dark the same room has a night of its own, with its own light.