We’ve not moved for ages.

“What’s the square root of New Jersey?” asks my daughter from the back seat.

“Hmmm,” I say solemnly, as though this is the kind of question with which I grapple every day. What might the answer be? Springsteen?

I could sit in traffic all day.

Carolyn R. Russell is the author of two novels and a book of film criticism. Her essays, poetry, and short stories have been featured in numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, Flash Fiction Magazine, Club Plum Literary Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, and Dime Show Review. She holds an M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University, and has taught on the college, high school, and middle school levels. Carolyn lives on and writes from Boston’s North Shore. See more at www.carolynrrussell.com.