[Pic: cobwebs-bridge-Red Cedar River]
Saturday, June 19, 2021
I said
Friday, June 18, 2021
shadow friends
[Pic: L and I being silly with our shadows in the Red Cedar on Farm Lane yesterday.]
Thursday, June 17, 2021
starting summer
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
complications
how to take things for granted
let's say we're sort of Egyptian
I hold for friends who have left
with untold pasts, fear for those
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
cenotaph
in all of this ennui, this outrage
yet we sit blandly where people
were dead--had been for ages.
standoff, feel around for the edge
But we listen; learning now how
all news is unbearable, how it all
Monday, June 14, 2021
mixed
Had a welcome breakthrough on a work project and managed to meet a proposal deadline one whole day ahead of deadline.
Took a nap. Woke up because of a horrifying moment in a post-apocalyptic-style dream (someone had tumbled down some stairs because I bumped them and when I went to check on them, I was captured and they started pulling on my clothes... also, my dad was supposed to help me keep watch, but he fell asleep and didn't hear me when I was shouting for help).
I'd planned a "Summer Celebration" to celebrate the end of Nu's 8th grade year.... it literally got rained on after we set the picnic table.
Ah well, watermelon tastes almost as good indoors too.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
third wave
A lovely start to the day, going up the riverwalk with L... Then a chat with my sister who said that a third wave is expected in India by the end of the year... After that, everything felt very off for the rest of the day.
I made a summer soup for dinner in the InstantPot (stove's still not working), but left everyone to their own devices and put myself to bed with a bar of chocolate.
in the midst of life...
We heard that At's 28-year-old ex died. I expected that everything would have stopped when I opened the eyes I shut in disbelief. I ki...
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Friends and old neighbors shutting it down in honor of John Crawford. _
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Today is the birthday of the best sister in the whole world (mine:)! Happy, Happy Birthday, Chelli! [AA, my favorite aunt in the whole world...
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I have the feeling that I’m going to succumb to the season and put out a list of resolutions soon. Just wanted to establish this heads up th...