I think I read this in Omni. Or it could have been in an anthology. The situation is that a man and his wife are traveling through the desert – Mexico, I think. They stop at a humble farmhouse. They could need a drink, or their car may need water, or they have a flat tire. (I seem to remember something about a hubcap.) They are distraught. They’re desperately trying to get away. They tell the farmer and his wife that the world is coming to an end. As they leave, the farmer wonders what ‘the world’ is and goes back to tending his farm.
I tried a number of keyword searches in Omni but couldn’t find it, though I only have it online via database from 1988-1995 (it began in the late 1970s). If you do find the name/author of it let me know and I’ll be glad to e-mail it to you if I have access.
I feel like this is something I’ve read within the last year - maybe a Bradbury story?
I also think it may be something that was recommended here. I’ve tried searching here and then doing some searching in the library catalog, but I haven’t managed to find it again - if I don’t see that you’ve found it by Monday, I’ll check some of the stuff at work.
Definitely a Ray Bradbury story; I read it about thirty-five years ago. Dated from the 1950’s, I’d say, or possibly early 1960’s. You correctly remember a reference to a hubcap; once a passing car had lost a shiny crome hubcap, which the farmer found “made a fine bowl”.
That’s it. I remember the bowl. When I posted that I may have read it in an anthology, I was imagining a Bradbury anthology. Unfortunately, my Bradbury collection is packed away.