He had emerged from a tradition steeped in Galenic scholarship.

Their parents named them June and May because their birthdays occurred in those months. […] May was like the time of year in which she had been born, changeable, chilly and warm by turns, sullen yet able to know and show loveliness that couldn't last.

Mill Creek . . . still lacks a geographic heart. . . . There's no there there, no center to the city—unless you count the private Mill Creek Country Club or the grocery-store shopping centers.

They weighed every third truck in to check for overweight violations.