Big Blue is many different shades of rust at this point.
Have you met my husband’s truck? If you live in our neighborhood, you probably have. You’ve at least heard it. It’s loud.
It’s a rusty ’77 Ford F-100, but most of the time we just call it The Truck or Big Blue. Sometimes, if I’m particularly irate with the truck, I just call it “It.” Well, it looks like Big Blue may be coming to the end of her stay with us. This is bittersweet, so below is an audio segment I’ve prepared about Big Blue, the truck. Click on the player to hear it.
It’s the final hesitation from Big Blue at the very end of the segment that really brings home the melancholy.
NPR here you come in “The Truck.”