235: community

a network of relationships that is the best definition I have read understood to be so much more than a location or a tribe freedom to be the time over the airways as much as the space held for a day I am going to remember this one when I tell myself I am all alone...

234: oh my gosh

is there really anything better than a rain not too hard not too soft a drizzle just wouldn’t cut it this time 4am beginning soft a hint hoped for after sixty days of dry grass and thirsty garden beds soaking drenching quenching when rain comes after a time of...

233: excruciating

It’s quite a word you must admit truly not applicable here or in a minor dose for how many really have faced it down to its extreme the wait I am in holding pattern for 19 days anticipation with tinted edges of dread I use my mantra I get to but for always the...

232: do your best

do your best to not start a war the person at the other end of the line just left a crying baby with a sitter agitatedly drove to this job she can not afford to lose to pick up and talk to you as present as she can be do not start a war with a country you are...

231: grapefruit dishsoap

Grapefruit dish soap saved my vision today there on the sideboard next to the faucet it called out hey I can fix that as I squinted my eyes shifted my head side to side trying to see through my smudged glasses