Trees

 About 4.5 hours of sleep.


The laundry room was heaven while I ran bed linens through the dryer. Heaven as in I was the only one there until 1 of the STAR Center denizens, a wheelchair user, came to retrieve his clothes. It would have been a great time to finish laundry but I did not feel energetic enough to do that. Plus I needed to chat too. We both missed a Zoom memorial for someone who was a big part of STAR Center life and also a big part of challenges. Sigh.


See the hat shadow? The nephew tracks from a long time ago when he knew the route here from his daycare
Along 18th Ave
with room for the trees to grow
without clobbering the sidewalk

It's a bright and sunny day. I have successfully fetched lemons cat food and a couple other items from Trader Joes. I have had a bunch of different meditations on trees, family trees, trees vs sidewalks, trees and green space in the city, aging in place is crap but everyone needs trees. If we are lucky this meditation will get elaborated more politely.


As for #PandemicAnniversary, I will be SO glad when I am able to eat indoors, at a table, with other people in public. In the meantime, lunch was a yummy warm burrito in the sun while I waited for a bus.

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