Jinked

Meeting people, listening to their stories, their life experiences, soaking it in and learning about the little ways in which the world works. Tiny things. Seemingly insignificant things. Eye contact across the crosswalk. The song playing one floor below my apartment. The messages in my inbox, my mailbox. The happiness and sorrow, it all awaits. I learn best from other people, even if we’re never [...]

I have a problem of getting lost in the past. Events, places, people, and experiences, I lose myself in them. Part of me says it’s because I’m looking for insight. I’m trying to figure out what I did wrong so I won’t do it again. Part of me says it’s out of habit. It’s a fixation. An obsession. Even if it hurts or if the [...]

Every Wednesday evening I stop at the farmers market on the way home. It’s literally in the way of my home, which I am not angry about at all. I love the fact that I get a farmer’s market on my street. There are always delicious things to buy. I got some Michigan cherries, some milk (not raw, but at least local), home made ice [...]

I didn’t take the bus to the train this morning because I would have had to wait 18 minutes, and I can walk the little-better-than half-mile to get to the train quicker than that. So walk I did. At 7:30 in the morning it had already cleared 85 degrees. It was muggy. Wearing a synthetic shirt, even if it was sheer, did not make it [...]

Knowing you are loved by others is more than enough.