Tom Murphy, and his family, lived in Buffalo NY. At various times he was employed as a landscaper, appliance salesman, insurance agent, real estate developer, and civil servant. He worked for, and with, some of Buffalo's most noted, and controversial business and political figures, including Joseph N Desmon, Harold Farber, Robert J Bradley, Philip B Schwab, Edward H Cottrell, as well as Frank Sedita, Stanley Makowski and Jimmy Griffin. Murphy loved each and every job, and yet he always found time to laugh and to play with friends and family.

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "mists" as
Water in the form of particles floating, or falling in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth; Something that obscures understanding; a film before the eyes; a fine spray; a drink of liquor served over cracked ice.
Within these covers, I believe that you'll find a little bit of all of the above.