Ten.Eight Hundred & Forty-Eight

1. I let myself sleep in a little bit on account of there being cereal and milk for breakfast today.

2. He makes the coffee again. I’m putting away dishes and ladling leftover soup into thermoses. I need a thermos of my own, don’t I?

3. The things I now require.

4. I leave before them so that there’s enough time to stop and get gas. Alice Munro’s collection “Dear Life” on audio.

5. The horizon is hazy. Hazier than before. I am reminded to remind him that we need to buy another set of masks because if these continue to burn the air quality will continue to deteriorate.

6. The polluted smoke tints the shadows of the hills a light pink. Everything looks like a vintage photo that’s lost its color.

7. She passes out masks. She was working on a preparedness kit for the office.

8. The shadow of a hummingbird.

9. I pull everything out of the office and out of my trunk and into the cottage. Yes, this will be good. I check to see if the wreath hanger will fit on the door. I close the door and hang the wreath.

10. Sometimes you just need to become comfortable with the idea of doing something different and new. And sometimes you just have to sit on your hands and wait with patience for the very right thing and trust that the next right thing will come when it’s time for it to come.