this is a rich life. i am safe and grateful for food and friends and getting invited for spontaneous meals and engaging with people in a deeper and more regular way. i am grateful that i don’t have a baby. that i live near the park, for the farmer’s market. for angie’s 10 o’clock yoga class on saturdays. for my improved headstand. for connecting. for hugs. for the amazing warmth and love and guidance of my friends. for the amazing color of the sky today-cloudless and sososo blue. for the garden at cheryl’s and being able to eat there in october. for getting over my 2.5-drink hangover pretty quickly today. for hot showers and activated charcoal and asprin. for dreams. for bed. for yearning. for mary. for the living roses in the rose garden today. for the baby red koi. for squirrels laden with nuts. for yellow leaves. for all of it. for restaurants that still give away matchbooks. for tibetan medicine incense. for feeling female. for you. for me.