Ten.Eight Hundred & Fifty-Six

1. Where is the soreness from?

2. I complain every evening about the loss of light but I’m so grateful for promise of dawn; to have the morning light seeping in by 7.

3. Coffee. Today I actually have time to sit on the sofa and read before I need to go. Little luxuries.

4. I approach the crest of the hill and there on the horizon are the turbines, so thin and unmoving.

5. Today I opt for a story.

6. I’m not sure why I need so much convincing.

7. The days are going by much faster even though the week is going by so slowly. A combination of newness and the unknown.

8. I remember that I have two collections of Sharon Olds poetry that I bought in Boonville at Hedgehog books. That will be next.

9. The water is so hot that I can feel the sweat rolling down my forehead but it’s the perfect temperature for me to finish reading the last two chapters of this book. I dog ear the last five pages. So many things I want to remember.

10. What does a life beyond domesticity look like?