Hi.
You have been on my mind a lot today.
How
are things progressing with the situation?
Me: Colorful things. Small things.
Oh,
and large earthly things too.
Life
is good. I can still see stuff like this.
And
even though I successfully weaned coffee from my life last summer it is back.
And I’m so happy about that.
Reading
a magazine found in a thrift store for one dollar, Art in America (2004), and learning more than
I did all of last year and feeling better about the world. I kept closing my eyes and repeating: "Blue Four" "Blue Four" in case I need that info-tag for trivia night somewhere, somehow.
Saw
a woman, earlier in the day, performing surgery on a pigeon on 38th
and 7th avenue. Just kept walking.
Sister The Great was there and we sat in the park and admired high up healthy trees on pre-war balconies
larger than my house. Apartment arborist specialists walk amongst us. Did you know that? Then you hear music, car noises, dogs, people, and then back to that first thing...is it live music? A piano player in the park. I heard about him earlier, but was still surprised to walk up behind. I looked away. I'd like to know about him but the timing wasn't right.
I
haven't decided if that is a good idea.
And
then this staircase happened.
In
the Merchant House Museum. By myself up on the top floor a file cabinet that
flaps open out and then up and then in. I first looked because there were tiny plackets that said
“Biography” or “History.” Inside the 1850-1920 era books are archived and
tagged in acid free waxy paper. Curious, yes. But they were perfectly human and I
wouldn’t change a thing.
You
know I was flashed with the thought of doing that around the house. Uh.
And
back down before anyone saw.
Hope
you are well—but I always am hoping that is true about you. There may be a new word for that emotion which I'll try to make up tomorrow or maybe next year I'll learn one in another language. Early thoughts: himmet, tholler, zess. If you want to talk
more about Our genealogy road trip idea I’ll listen. But I think I’m too lazy.
Or I’d rather continue to go with the made up version already in my head.
Cheers!
R
