Ten.One Thousand, Three Hundred & Thirty-One

1. Morning light coming through the shutters.

2. Gratitude.

3. Three sentences.

4. He says that it must have been a good conversation because there was a lot of giggling.

5. Grapevines and blueberries and very healthy spearmint and all the terra cotta pots. I want everything and also nothing.

6. Pineau D’Aunis.

7. A table in the shade. Unloading all the feelings over a bottle of Syrah.

8. Triangles of afternoon light. I smile.

9. Shooting in the dark. Feeling a little more alive.

10. “But are you going to actually make tortillas?”