Scene from Caffeine, Part II

I finish my brownie… chocolate always makes me feel better. Sometimes I’m still like a little kid. If I fall and scrape my knee, buy me an ice cream cone and the world will be sunny again. (Even sunnier if you actually put some ice cream in the cone.)

I sit up a little and start bouncing names around with Federico. He’s great at helping me with this stuff and I never feel like I’m being a burden to him. I often feel like I am being a burden when I ask for help, so that’s a big credit to Fed.

Names start flying and we check the domain availability for each. Most are taken, forcing us to get more and more abstract, like Planet Bond, as in uniting the world. I veto it on the grounds that it sounds too much like an action hero. The name’s Bond, Planet Bond. Nope, you don’t get Ursula Andress appearing out of the water of your developing world destination if you book a trip through me, Sir.

I’m hoping for a feel of organic, earthy boutique. For the name and the website and the everything; a bit of class, a bit of nature and lots of personal touches. (Just not Ursula type touches- don’t get confused.)

So we start brainstorming nature feeling names; earth reach, sun bridge, etc. Federico’s phone rings, and I tune out as he switches to Spanish and consults with a Colombian co-worker. Mindlessly, I scan the crumbs on my plate, the wood floor, and the tapestry hanging on the exposed brick wall. I see an image of the Earth in my mind and picture a long line extending from the US down to South America. The line curves and gains texture like a rope. It wraps around one person, then another, and another connecting them. It becomes a piece of colorful yarn, then a hank of yarn and then switches to a string. But it’s not a singular line connecting them, I think. It’s a series of strings uniting them. Strings woven together.
“Weave!” I say, okay I’m a loud speaker anyway, so I probably shout it.
Federico, mid conversation, stops and looks at me. His eyes pop, “Weeeeeeeeave!”
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