## Bug Butts on Fire ![[Bug Butts on Fire.jpg|400]] [Author generated AI Image from Google Gemini] Robyn, do you see those flashes? "Nope." There, look, see 'em in the grass, a tiny floating greenish-yellow pulsating luminescent glow! "Stuart, those are just fireflies, have you never seen them?" Fireflies? Not in the UK. "Let's focus on getting to Carbondale, it's getting dark. " Illinois is almost as strange as Kentucky. Remember that crazy preacher talking about how the rain tasted of secrets and whispered promises? "I'm glad we got out of there, that guy was nuts. After today's bike ride we'll be one third of the way across the US, then on to Chester, the home of Popeye." --- The random word is: **Luminescent** The random sentence is: The rain tasted of secrets and whispered promises.