"What people need to do is get better about planning, " Brauer says, "and not assume they can just go out and run four different errands, coming back and forth each time."

The woman set down her bag and set forth her purpose in coming.

His sparse hair was almost white, and from his chin dripped a long smoke-coloured beard, which waved absurdly back and forth, fanned by the breeze coming in at the window.