Ten.One Thousand, Three Hundred & Sixty

1. That siren. Why?

2. Coyotes howling. So loudly. So close.

3. Realizing that our constant fatigue is a symptom of the constant hum of anxiety plus pandemic life.

4. Waiting for when I’m not tired all of the time.

5. Laundry and more laundry.

6. It’s hot today. It must be 80 degrees again. Even in the shade, you can feel it.

7. “Sometimes you gotta live on the edge a little bit.”

8. I clean up the leftovers and then take myself on a walk.

9. Golden light on a patch of poppies on the side of the road. Golden light peeking through the canopy of trees casting long shadows on the asphalt. One large rock covered in moss sitting on the side of the road. I think of how she told me that there was a rockslide by that bride a few years ago. Golden light on the hillside where the grass is going to seed. I watch the tall thin stalks sway in the wind.

10. What next?