Ten.Two Thousand, Five Hundred & Nineteen

1. 2:38 a.m. Hot.

2. The way the morning light is slipping through the wooden slats. You can tell by the color that it’s going to be warm.

3. I’m not the only one who just has a heap of shoes by the door.

4. Walks like these.

5. I was hoping the door would be at the back of the room, and no one could see me sneak in late.

6. “What inspires you to write?” “What stops you from writing?” In our small group of women, the answer is, unsurprisingly, life.

7. I ask her why she thinks there aren’t more young people here. We have too many things to do.

8. Spring Baking Championship.

9. Never not thinking about something I could or should be doing instead of resting.

10. Surrender.