Ten.One Thousand, Three Hundred & Eighty-Four

1. Always sounds like something is scurrying over my head every morning.

2. Droopy tulips. Fog down by the water. Contemplating the sheet-pan pancake situation.

3. Crispy edges are the best.

4. Still no decaf. Skip the regular coffee and have cups and cups of Yerba Mate instead. Fog is still low. Birds are still loud.

5. Yes, I will finally get groceries today.

6. He is right in that I do not relax very well. In my mind. there is always a thing that needs to be done. I think back and try to remember how or if rest was ever modeled for me. When did my parents rest?

7. When you get to sit across from someone you admire and sip a little bit of wine and talk about kids and small-town life.

8. Beauty hunting.

9. So many walks. This game is going so slowly. And I’m cold.

10. Alison Roman’s Caramlized Shallot Pasta Recipe. A bag of Ceasar salad. Homemade garlic bread. 2014 Apsara Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon.