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2023-08-25 - 8:33 p.m.
gathering strength
dozens of acidanthera are blooming in the backyard, and their fragrance settles in the torpid evening air. you walk where it's pooled and you're suddenly drenched. earlier, the children found a giant puffball, cut it up, pan-fried it with butter and salt, and ate it for their dinner with pasta and garden salad. they checked with me to make sure they were doing the right things, but they didn't need any hands-on assistance at all. as a kid, i did too many things too independently. my parents were very young and they had so much on their plates. i taught myself how to swim, i figured out how i'd go to college, and i had so much anxiety all the time. man, i don't even know. what is this world, anyway?
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reading: veg forward, by susan spungeon. i feel like these are the kind of recipes i'd make for book club, if i were the kind of person who had childcare and belonged to a book club.
listening to: late summer insects, cicadas giving way to crickets and katydids as the day wanes. the evening cools, the chorus slows.
working on: building a play shelf for the living room - an idiotic disruption of both toy storage and daily routine. you'd think i'd learn but i don't.
in the garden: monarchs arrived late to the milkweed. beans arrived all at once. time to save tomato seeds. time to finish the third raised bed and plant it for the fall - radishes, winter lettuce, chard. cold weather greens.
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