Ten.One Thousand, Four Hundred & Thirty-Three

1. Warmer this morning. A clue for what the rest of the day will feel like.

2. We woke up worried about different things that are really about the same thing.

3. He waves to us from the window. Of course, he’s awake.

4. She tells us that she is tired today, that she almost overslept. I tell her that I hope the rest of her day goes quickly so that she can get some rest.

5. “When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who see only dullness in the world and that is because their eyes have already been dulled. So much depends on how we look at things. The quality of our looking determines what we come to see.” - John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

6. I find come crushed flowers and a key, an image of the sky and the tops of mountains, and glue them to the card. I miss doing these kinds of things.

7. Taking my own advice.

8. This “temporary” phase feels like it’s becoming permanent.

9. Last-minute baseball scrimmage.

10. I walk all the way to the park to use the restroom. I reach a grove of trees and under it are pockets of golden light from the setting sun. I make little clouds of dust as I walk across the sandy soil.