Water…

The day was a scorcher, & the second day in a row I'd had to throw food out the truck window…

I rarely throw food out the window, but I did, feeling bad as I did it…

I know it's a bad habit, this trying too hard…

The blueberry muffin from the day before was still where I'd left it, in the tray where I keep a small writing pad for important thoughts I may soon forget…

I linger in the parking lot, comfortably wedged behind my steering wheel, grateful to have a heater, and food…

I found myself at a canoe portage today, without a canoe…

Some days run like a bad movie, starting at 6 am, when the cat knocks something off the desk, indicating he needs to be let out…

"And just so you know, we add a 3% surcharge on credit card transactions" she said, while gracefully maneuvering the plastic card, much as a waitress might deftly slide a plate from beneath a diner's mouth, mid-bite…

Was it just a few days ago when in a cavalier attitude I left the house with no long underwear? ..

They were lined up on both sides of the narrow river road, kayaker types from who-knows-where…

For me, it was the first pizza take-out, in about five years…

Placing the pile of pads & lists back on the table, & shaking myself out like a wet dog, I reach for the door handle, pull, and step out onto the back porch for air…

We met where we'd always met, before our world tumbled into chaos, driving from opposite sides of the state to reclaim the tiny table against the wall, in a scuffed corner between the coffee pot, bread rack and row of plastic covered diner stools…

She said it was only her second day on the job…

Is it big snow or a mood, that arrests the inhabitants of snow land?

As dump day rolls in, I'm up to my ears in cardboard boxes, and using a grafting knife which is what's in my pocket, I cut & slash, and flatten, enacting the trash ritual, something we all do, in our own unique ways...

My couch moving crew was coming, so I had my work cut out for me to make sure this operation would run smoothly, and efficiently…

Things are moving along at my workplace …

I lost my routine woods circuit when I moved…