January 14, 2026
Back to being a dependent human lucky to have joyful friends to hang with
So Emily picked me up and brought me to the Y, Gary took me from the Y to therapy.  Clara got me at therapy and we went to lunch, she brought me home and helped finish  a few important tasks. I  finished making a wonderful soup.  It began as  a 13 bean  soup with a lot of mushrooms and asiago in it.  Tonight I added Italian sausage with a thimble of sesame seed hot oil.  It is so good. 

Jan. 14, 2025
I remember shooting this sunset last   year. The weather was a little different today.  It was gray  and rainy, in the low 40s.  By sunset it was truly raining.   I'm not sure if it is pouring tonight or not.  But I did not have space to photograph.   Now I have had space to think about things.  Clara was a great sounding board for my need to process today.  She got to hear Jay-Jay stories; there are  51 years of Jay-Jay stories.  
I have not come out the other side of  this bout of grief, but I am working towards goals that I set for myself and will help to allow me to live a much stabler life this year. Look for the fundraiser page my friends are posting tomorrow to raise the rest of the money for Annie's car.  She needs a down payment for the car she is buying, but she's asking two thirds of what her car is worth and it will keep me mobile probably for the next 10 years.  In 10 years I may have stopped driving all together.   I really  am trying to strategize a life that is simpler and stabler  so that the money issues become less turbulent.  I'm kind of excited about this process at the moment.


photo by David, sculpture by David





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