Sunday, October 12, 2025

     Lying in bed while deciding to get up or fall back to sleep. Light seeping into the room.  I hear the 7am army bugle call. An engine roars as a large plane takes off, and then the steady roar of something unknown.  It continues for awhile and then suddenly stops.  I get up. A dog starts barking.

     My fingernails keep growing, same with my toe nails.  Each day this week I set out to clip them but get distracted.  I can do it myself. Maybe today. They are uncomfortably long.

     The morning is cold. Time to start turning on the heater.  I see my roommate wearing a warm coat in the house. I wear my green puffer jacket. I give up, we can turn on the heater. I just know later in the day we will be opening the doors to let in the sun warmed air.

     I stick with reading the dystopian novel, ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD. Something changed to make it more interesting to me.  I start watching a new masterpiece theater show, MAIGRET. A detective show based in beautiful Paris and in English. Well done. I particularly like the interior settings. Watching the people of Gaza crowding the streets as they walk home, brings tears to my eyes.