Wednesday December 1, 2021

Goodnight friends! Damp seeping cold, and rain all day more or less, a constant sighing or rattling or sibilant rumble. Droplets flung back into my face and doubly stung by icy bluster on wet skin. Black arterial shadows tremble and pulse in rippling puddles. Dim gloaming light muted the fire in slippery drifting leaves.

Feverish tenderness in my knees and elbows returned in full force, a general chilly malaise settling heavily over me. Only a few hours that felt real, long uncountable stretches of dislocated untime. I managed to take advantage of those wakeful periods to more or less give myself a miniature day – a walk, a meal, a little drawing. Juat getting through, keeping going at my own pace.

May we find gentleness and ease today!