Absence is full of potential. And a repository of history.
Think of a blank page in a journal. Imagine your hands reaching for a book and turning to the first page. Imagine re-checking a favorite recipe; perhaps just to confirm the temperature. Consider the empty pan before you make a favorite frittata. Feel your hand reaching for the phone to call a friend.
Beside, you missed the drama -- a hummingbird sped by sip at the
salvia (off camera). By 2PM there will be a tea-drinker in the garden.
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ReplyDeleteforlorn among the fallen branches of the condemned trees, the child wanders around, thinking of that day on the bicycle