8 am/cloudy/70 degrees, I wrote and continued: My tea’s cooling, if not cooled, cold. I’ve returned to the classic (7 x 9) Happy Planner dot grid paper for journaling. At least for today – it’s Simply A Moment time. Many years have elapsed since I first began documenting a specific several moments on the 15th of each month. I chose the 15th because the date is generally the middle – or close to – of the month and also happens to be my birthday numeral. I also use the convention of capturing the moment based on the date + time, e.g., this month, the moment I captured (in pen on paper) was 8 – 8:15 am on Sunday August 15 – 8/15. It could have easily been 8:15 pm for I think I’d most likely be awake at that time. But a bunch of Zzzzs does not make for very interesting copy. And so the countdown begins – 3 min to go til …
8:15 am Two sips of my now cooled tea. Sunday Baroque in my ears: Bach’s “Two Choruses'” is playing …so lovely. The sky is laced with grey colouds. Autumn – meterological only 16 days away – 1 September. I saw an artist on Instagram (Lorene Edwards Forkner – #gardenercook ) who selects a daily color palette based on a plant: it’s leaf or flowers. She has a book coming out Spring 2022; I plan to purchase but in the meantime, I’ll follow her on IG. Today’s colors: shades of grey (and not 50!). Guess it could be green with a hint of brown as the season’s changing. Looking out the window, I see the leaves on this tree are not only turning brown but that many have fallen and there are more gaps, spaces, views of the grey sky showing through. My tea needs replacing – it’s cooled and my cup’s almost empty…
And thus was the beginning of my Sunday which later included an afternoon trip to Barnes & Noble, complete with my mask! There were a lot of people out at the shopping mall – nearly all were masked and moving and most retail establishments and eateries required masks. Worked for me!
Cheers~
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