7/8: birds visiting

...the baths that I scrubbed out and refilled this morning.

7/7: stories

A new story by my friend appeared on her Substack (link to the Substack here), and I read a short story by Naoko Awa to Chris.

7/6: cleaning

...the carpet in the bedroom.  It needed to be done, but I kept putting it off.  When I finally got to it, I enjoyed the work and the results.  < I need to keep this in mind in the future, so the lesson I learned is an additional good thing.

7/5: so happy

...that my mother gave me the 6 cookie stamps we used at home when I was a kid.  I love them, and I love using them to make peanut butter cookies (like I did today).

7/4: echoes

...of a meal.  Last year on 7/4 I wrote about the dinner I had with my mother and a friend in Pennsylvania:  pierogi, baked beans, vegan dogs, sauerkraut, peanut butter and jelly pie.  I wondered what they were having for dinner today, so I texted them to ask.  My friend had opted for pierogi, vegan dogs, sauerkraut, and a vegan ice-cream sandwich.  It turns out that I had decided on that same menu for Chris and me!

7/3: happy finds

...via Artforum today:  an essay on Blythe Bohnen's brushstrokes and a recommendation of Max Davies' Inventions for Broken & Prepared Guitar.  The digital world has caused troubles for sure, but today it allowed me to see more of Bohnen's art and listen to Davies' album.

7/2: working

...on websites I manage.  I'm not good at it, which frustrates me, but I kept going, and that's a good thing.

7/1: good emails

 ...one of which I received yesterday, from a friend I first met 40 years ago; the other I received today, from a former student I first met almost 11 years ago.