Ten.Nine Hundred & Ten

1. Awake but I keep my eyes closed. Seems too dark. 6:28. Angel numbers.

2. No one’s eating the biscuits. These delightful, airy biscuits with the crunchy exterior.

3. I should go check on the neighbor’s lemon tree. Really, I should go check on the neighbor and see if I can work out a deal for his lemons. After I pick up the rotting oranges.

4. Make Time Off. Actually, taking this Monday off was a great idea. But maybe 7 days away from work is too long.

5. Butter. Onions. Diced tomatoes. I tear up the french loaf for croutons. This makes me happy. In my ears I hear her say something about creative energy and cooking being one way to express your creativity. I know that I am most happy when there is plenty of time to make a meal, when it feels more like a treat and less like a chore.

6. Yes. Food feels good.

7. Finally a pair of shoes.

8. I curl up under the blanket and read. I’m crossing off the items on my MTO list. That feels very satisfying.

9. “She had made fresh starts before and things had not turned out as she had hoped, but she believed in the swift decision, the unforeseen intervention, the uniqueness of her fate.” - from “Carried Away” by Alice Munro

10. “If you read a lot of Alice Munro’s works carefully, sooner or later, in one of her short stories, you will come face to face with yourself; this is an encounter that always leaves you shaken and often changed, but never crushed.” - from The Nobel Prize in Literature presentation speech in 2013