Friday, December 30, 2022

Today's writing

Let’s do something. Wasn’t that the reason we came here, to flee the drive to act? That tart old trope: Wherever you go, there you are. No escape. But we try. Oh, do we try.

I might be tempted to say that this describes me more than Rob, but that’s not the case at all. We sometimes hide in different places – him internally and me speaking far more than anybody should – but in similar ways. They’re not unique. We hide in our phones, our stupid conversations about nothing at all. By petting the dog, doing breathing exercises. We hide by living, through the stuff of the everyday. And in that sense, we’re getting ready to die.

Science on a rainy day

 


Santa Barbara, 2015

 


Wednesday, December 28, 2022

On the Cusp - Green Apple, Jan. 20!

 


COVID negative!

Tested negative at 2:30 in the morning. Seriously thrilled. Isolation sucks. But weirdly, in a way I'm a little nervous to rejoin the world. The human brain is so bizarre. 

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Have I mentioned

How much I loathe Christmas? And the people who make a big fucking deal out of it? 

Now I have. 

Thursday, December 22, 2022

COVID Chanukah

We've all got it. I got it and gave it to the boys. They were not exactly thankful. But we're all together and we're doing okay, which is the most important thing.