Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Forty

1. Almost too cold.

2. It gets hard and harder to keep track of the days.

3. Simple pleasures.

4. I am early and so I take a few minutes and walk a little bit in the vines. The morning sun is golden and bright. Parts of the canopy stretch overhead. At my feet are some freshly-fallen grapes.

5. The first one takes too long. The next two take as long as the first. That’s progress.

6. I tell him that I think we have the same philosophies but I may need to help her with organization.

7. Cheese curds are $11.36 after tax and I’m pretty sure that’s four dollars more than they were during baseball season.

8. I laugh at the absurdity of it. I am the secret.

9. He’s such a funny little man.

10. I sit in the car and wait for him to finish practice. The sky shift slowly from a pale and dusty blue to dusty pinks and oranges. It is a peaceful sky.