November

(This was sunset in my neighborhood two nights ago. Particle count was 187 per AirNow.)

Life, my therapist is always telling me, is one thing after another. The last three weeks, for me, have been clear evidence of such, culminating in a death in the family and my partner getting sent up to Butte County to help with the Camp Fire. Through it all I’ve kept indexing, riding out this busy season as best I can, so there are now certain memories that are inextricably linked to Putin’s second go a...