(1) Antibiotics. (2) Rest. (3) Black coffee with honey. (4). Breathing freely (for the most part). (5) My bronchial tubes. (6) Fresh lemon. (7) Letting go of the routine. (8) Letting go of urgency. (9) Reading slowly. (10) Rock-n-roll trivia vs. S– at dinner. (11) Learning more about Pablo Neruda. Mixed bag, it turns out. Maybe that’s not a surprise. (12) The ode: as form, as meditative practice. (But also as problematic vehicle for objectification. Ah, ambiguity + mixed bags.) (13) Caps, specifically knit caps and, to a lesser extent, ball caps. (14) Steam. (15) Learning more about American history. (16) Specifically learning more about “the American Century,” which, let’s be honest, was pretty horrific: Jim Crow, organized crime, the atomic bomb, the military industrial complex, Hoover, McCarthy, the CIA, Wonderbread, Nixon, Voodoo Economics, Neoliberalism, the Mullet. Etc ay yay yay… (17) Fog. (18) Clarity. (19) Ginger root. (20) Radishes. (21) Hummus. (22) Laundry, clean, folded, put away. (23) Re-emergence. (24) Sunrise. (25) Prospects. (26) Resilience. (27) Affirmations: I am brave. I am strong. I can do this. (28) The Lord’s Prayer. (29) The twenty-third psalm. (30) The year ahead. Onward. Amen.
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