Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Seventy-One

1. Game day. I really need some more red.

2. He obliges and lets me take a picture. I forgot black socks. I don’t really shop for menswear.

3. Relishing the quiet of being the first one in.

4. I tell her it’s my one good deed of the day. And if that is the case, then I’m glad this is it.

5. She sends us a picture of a set of three chicks in scarves. Two white and one brown. We laugh. I hope she bought them.

6. Gloves on, open air, laughter.

7. I’m starting to feel the stretch.

8. I am always trying not to jinx myself.

9. Not what I expected.

10. A learning moment for every one.

Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Seventy

1. Monday and Monday’s uniform.

2. “Seek lofty ideas, and illumination will be close at hand.”

3. This pumpkin-spiced creamer was a mistake.

4. What even is this question?

5. I could claw my own eyeballs out.

6. The only thing about not being in the office on these days is that I actually do miss seeing them.

7. That was disappointing. Maybe I just need more tape?

8. That fluttery feeling is back. Maybe it’s the coffee? Maybe it’s the reduced hours of sleep. Maybe it’s the medicine. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

9. This time with them makes me so happy even when my patience is being tested.

10. Go to sleep.

Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Sixty-Nine

1. Yoga day!

2. I stare out over the golf course and watch a white crane float over and around and above the willow tree. So peaceful.

3. Every chapter I listen to makes me rethink everything.

4. “Stamped from the Beginning.”

5. Four out of seven completed.

6. I think of time, the passage of time, and the shifting shape of time, and what I am doing with it. How has it served me? Or have I been serving it?

7. Don’t forget your magic.

8. Craving cassoulet.

9. Learning to not read too much into things.

10. They’ll be here soon.

Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Sixty-Eight

1. A Saturday that feels like a Sunday.

2. Don’t forget to bake the brownies.

3. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, then there’s this.

4. Awfully close to the double yellow line.

5. Fortunate.

6. It is warmer than I thought it would be. I had two jackets and gloves but I’m already taking off one layer.

7. Four Thousand Weeks.

8. How am I supposed to take notes?

9. I promise them that this is the last day of leftovers. Note to self: make less sides.

10. Third time’s a charm?

Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Sixty-Seven

1. Friday already.

2. Bacon and eggs and coffee with vegan creamer. Ironic.

3. Oh, emails.

4. Basketball, basketball, basketball.

5. When you see things that no one else can see, it takes a certain kind of strength to stay married to your vision.

6. Wait. How did all of these pieces of glass off the back of the phone break off? How come no one ever knows anything.

7. Two hours later and we have a resolution.

8. Have we not done enough?

9. Since the experiment failed, back on the medications.

10. I think I’m ready for the tree now.