Over the years I have given my wife many little handwritten stories, they are usually accompanied by characters, all of them were written in one continuous stream of consciousness. Enjoy. -JR

The One

It does exist, in all my travels throughout the universe, I have seen many things, met many people, but in all this time, I have only found one world that is completely at peace. That isn’t to say I haven’t been to peaceful places. But I mean a planet with no war, no anger, no fighting, it is hard to believe, but I promise, it does exist. It is called Xixxeesurp, that is the closest spelling I can come up with in our language. It is a fantastic place though. Beautiful landscapes, eacho if it’s sixty six moons and suns shine a different color . It is breathtaking, and the beings, well, the beings are toasters. To be clear they are living, breathing, lifeforms with a beautiful language, culture, and history. But they happen to look almost identical to toaster ovens with legs, and hands, and all the other important parts. THey even heated up, their skin could change from silver to red. It was unbelievable, but more fascinating than their appearance was their kindness, generosity, and their heart. Now, they were by no means weak, or defenseless. I was burned almost hourly during my stay, but their wisdom and level headedness had kept them from conflict for their entire existence. Their leader told me many things, boy when I asked him the secret to his people’s outlook all he said was, “We just don’t get overheated”. THis phrase was much more elegant in their language but that's the gist. So now years later whenever I feel myself getting angry I remember these words, and think that if a whole world full of toaster people can live in peace, literally scorching hot all the time, burning one another day in and day out, than any problem in my life just seems a bit more manageable.