Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Sixty-Five

1. These dreams. These dreams.

2. Cold feet. Warm slippers. The sound of my own feet shuffling on the slate tile.

3. Should I eat more? I should eat a little more.

4. But can we leave?

5. The cloud reminds me that it was 8 years ago that I made my first trip to California. The pictures are of golden hills and oaks and ivy at J winery. And here I am, now.

6. Watery yellow sunshine.

7. I stand at the top of the ladder and look through the roll-up at the glistening vineyard below.

8. Am I moving slow or is it just a lot of work? Maybe a little bit of both.

9. “See, homeschooling.”

10. But maybe it’s just because I am seeing everything with fresh eyes and so I have no preconceived ideas about capabilities. I think to myself that one’s inability to perform might be more about the person in charge of setting the conditions for performance.

11. Really miss walking around town.

12. Could be worse. Could be better.