THE AIR IS CRISP WITH JANUARY'S CHILL, MINNESOTA UNFORGIVING IN THE WINTERTIME : with patches of snow still clinging to the sidewalks & hills, it would be a month or so until they saw green again. for now teak patches bleed through the white, dead grass no longer as verdant as the summer prior. " ... take my jacket, @fawnbled ... " theo's already slipping from the sleeves of his coat as he speaks, holding out the gray article in a loose fist. he won't take no for an answer, it's clear as day.











