this day

i had a shower, and the smell of it took me back to this place, but i was not alone then.

i went back for ice-cream today (as hier), and again to the community garden, this time compost bucket in hand.

i learned to row a dragon-boat.

i learned about the mind some.

i talked about sex with my friend at the bar. sex, and dissapointment. 2 separate conversations. and we wondered if i'd be an aunt soon. and we marveled at our lives before - when we worked hard, and played (somehow) harder, and lived impossibly as grad students.

i sat with another friend in the sun and heard about her love and it was lovely she's in love and loving her lover and loved beloved loving every minute, and once in a while she thinks she should be cautious but mostly forgets which is best it is best to test the limits of love and living lovingly. and one day soon her voice will fill the airwaves, and her music. i can't wait.

it was a lovely day.