Etta Marie Swallows Stones- entry 1

Every day Etta Marie swallows one smooth stone. Some people swallow vitamins. Sometimes Etta takes vitamins, with food at breakfast, but this is different. This is neurotic. This habit goes way back, fourteen years, to a 21st birthday. Etta gathered 365 stones to swallow--one for every day--and each and every day she pops one carefully choosen smooth stone, in and holds it in her mouth and thinks for a long time.

She feels it in there, cold and round and smooth, and she wonders about all kind of things about life. She feels its heaviness, and just when the absurdity hits her, she takes a big gulp, and swallows it whole, and goes about her day as usual. Except Etta Marie's days are never usual, because Etta Marie is quite intense.