July 2025

It’s been a beautiful July. I was able to watch fireworks from my backyard on the 4th. Went swimming for the first time in years. River swimming was colder than I remembered, but my body warmed up to that magical “just right” equilibrium before too long. Now that I remembered! It was incredible to float and feel the sun on my shoulders. Many balmy, picture-perfect-weather days stacked end on end. What a wonderful July.

I decided to shelve my book until October. At the rate I was going I would not have gotten any fall weather recorded! Maybe I’ll be by here a little more. Or maybe I’ll start another book. I like to start novellas but feel inadequate in the face of plot. Maybe just another book of poems.

Thinking today of how blessed I am. And just plain grateful.