Ten.Seven Hundred & Seventy-Six

1. A tap on the shoulder. I know who it is. And it’s probably already time for me to wake up.

2. Whose dog is barking at 5:30 in the morning?

3. Humidity.

4. I miss the piment d’ville. I’ll buy some the next time I’m up there. It was silly of me to have left without it.

5. The rows of cars split the field. The plants are low to the ground. I don’t know what they’re working on. My heart breaks a little; I think of how, most likely, the hands working these fields are the hands of vulnerable folks. That these are folks who may be even more afraid than I am about the current state of things.

6. Slow start but this is just the quiet before the storm.

7. Caballero. “Ah! The horseman!” “Ah!” I don’t know if he’s impressed or surprised or maybe both. I try to eaves drop, listen to him and his wife explain Pinot Noir to the daughter but in a language that they really know. It’s too loud for me to hear what I want. I need to practice my spanish.

8. Truth.

9. I am getting better at taking compliments. Also, she’s really good at giving compliments. I am not.

10. Gold everything.