The day started with a beautiful sunrise amongst cloudy skies. I woke inly, but only minutes from when I would typically climb out of bed in response to one or both dogs asserting their needs to urinate and eat. Sequentially, not in parallel. Of course, as I lay back to take in the clouds, they begin the process, and I roll with it. We'd had guests for dinner last night and stayed up well past our bed times, and Jen had earned the right to sleep: I enjoyed the morning, put away dishes and roasted a new attempt to hit the "old soul" mark. I'll know more in the morning once I brew a pot but I'm optimistic. Forever optimistic it seems, given how many attempts I've made to nail my ideal roast with relative reproducibility. Tommy returned from Paharo and was around for the am and throughout the afternoon. I joined the Deep Bow Sunday program as well as a follow on in the afternoon with Rich, from The Forum. It was all encouraging and thought provoking. I really do believe that grief and gratitude go hand in hand, Yet as Lauren would remind me, I am in a bubble. I had a good but brief text exchange with her but I still sense a distance, so I am giving her space and doing my best to not press. I raked up most of the leaves I did not get last week and came across a dead bird which I gently put in with the leaves, respectfully, as organic matter. It eventually started raining, as expected, so the remainder of the day was spentinside. Scottie has been gradually showing signs of aging, which has all sorts of ramifications that we need to manage. Sigh. Jen and I worked together to understand issues she was having taking photos and it was quite interesting. We found that there are settings for both the camera and for the iphone display that, combined, made the image appear problematic when it was fine and mostly a display seeing. She decided to upgrade her phone all the same and we went to. the apple store to.. do so. Tommy came along. Luckily if not magically or by manifestation, we found that Jen got a direct deposit payment from intel late last week that covered all but the taxes on her new phone. These are connections to raise awarrenerss of. Wild.
