Monday, April 6, 2026

     I focus on paying attention to being alive each day. Yesterday morning I either swallowed the esophagus pill or not. I put the pill on the breakfast tray to take after a couple of bites of cereal. As I finished eating, I couldn’t remember if I had taken the pill. I check around the tray and the chair. Nothing. I decided to accept that I probably took the pill. But I am still not sure.

     This morning a cold wet fog is covering my neighborhood. Maybe the heat wave is over and I can put away the fan in the living room. Today is garbage day, the day to fill the bins and drag them to the street. Images of war continue with no end in sight.

      I started reading A WORLD APPEARS, A Journey into Consciousness, by Michael Pollan It is a slow read. I read a paragraph and then read it again to understand what he is writing about. The second book I am reading is Yael Van Der Wouden’s Danish novel, THE SAFEKEEP. It is bleak and fast paced.

     My roommate brings me an Easter dinner plate from her holiday visit with friends.  We settle down to watch JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, a fabulous musical story of the gospels. Fabulous because the music images are so good, not so much the story. Although the story is deeply embedded in my childhood memories.