Eleanor Riley, Charles Robinson and I are standing in Robinson’s driveway as traffic zips by on its way from Portage to Kalamazoo.
Robinson’s old farmhouse sits behind a tall wooden privacy fence on Lovers Lane just off East Milham Avenue. In the garden that borders the driveway is a low sign, about the size of an extra-large cooler. White numbers, 9-27, pop on the bright red background.
“I used to drive down this road all the time and I noticed the runway light. And I was like, well, that’s cool if that’s their address, that they have a runway light. That’s cool. And then I realized, it’s not the address,” said Why’s That? question-asker Eleanor Riley…