learning patience
I wish I had hungered for patience as a child, but I’ll do my best to remember mellow light like honey in a jar, and to feel that warmth granting my bones graceful lassitude when I want to power forward in a panic-fueled rage against time and pain and money and all the things I [...]

GIST ~29/365~
~ thwarting Angus’ attempt to lick my eyeball ~ got some fish oil into Emma’s stomach and not just on her nose ~ bananas begging to be banana bread ~ my funky mermaid wall clock ~ the earthen loam scent of tea tree oil hand soap

Eau de Sauvage?
I smell like fresh-caught Pacific salmon. I just gave, or attempted to give, fish oil caps to the dogs. Angus gobbled his down, good and trusting eater that he is. Emma the Picky Bitch sniffed at hers, tentatively touched the teeny tip of her tongue to one end of it, then sat back and looked at [...]

GIST ~28/365~
~ remembering to breathe deeply when it feels like there’s no air ~ Janis Joplin ~ black marble bowls ~ warm arms around me ~ huge bath towels

GIST ~27/365~
~ technology that allows friendships around the world ~ carnelians ~ tender coconut macaroons ~ napping in a puppy pile ~ a challenge to write