Encounter

Monica: I left home with the intention to have some kind of encounter, then thought the better of it, as I didn't want to suddenly come face-to-face with a mountain lion or bear. I was satisfied instead with the tangled encounter between fine branches and the lichens that survive on them.

Evelyn: The ginormity (immense size) of the hot, dripping, fabulously gooey burgers that emerged from the kitchen in all their glory tonight was an encounter I didn't expect. Dinner with friends is every kind of convention, between conversation, and swapped food, and tickles of laughter and stumbling upon the final bill.