Monday September 13, 2021

Goodnight friends! Heavy skies again, pressing down for much of the day like the flat face of a great slow hammer, weak diffuse light leaving deep, grimy sepia shade beneath the trees. A respite from rain until evening, surprised by the desultory peeping drones of a few grasshoppers still pining in the drooping brown meadows.

Glad to have slept much longer and easier, felt far less spaced out today. Pain eased off as well, though it’s still seething away at a somewhat higher level and I can feel the extra weight of managing it pressing down on everything I do. Some light exercise ate up most of my stamina but I managed to curl up around a sketchbook for a few brief periods, which definitely helped soothe me although the drawing was bad.

May we relax our grip and allow feelings to flow through us freely today, not resisting or clinging to passing ideas or emotions!