"'Casserole' is a story by Thomas McGuane about a childless couple who journey to the ranch of the wife's elderly parents to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. I chose to illustrate the following scene, as it foreshadows the crumbling relationship between the two characters: 'While we crossed, my wife stood on the ferry deck looking out on the river, smiling and sighing at the clouds of swallows circling the current. I told her they were just after the bugs… I've long had trouble with people picking out some detail of the landscape and pretending it's the whole story.'"