Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
12/31: strung together
Quiet pleasures in the house, on the ridge, on the road: more close reading of Hawthorne, a walk with Chris amid rain, big skies and a bakery visit on the highway heading north.
started de- Christmasing, decorations slowly coming down, reclaiming my post holiday home and adding little splashes of non holiday colors and it is lookin good
I know how that feels, Elaine! Every year when I was young we loved the Christmas decoration season, but there was also always a great fresh feeling--like a new big breath--when the decorations came down and the house started to return to its non-holiday self.
started de- Christmasing, decorations slowly coming down, reclaiming my post holiday home and adding little splashes of non holiday colors and it is lookin good
ReplyDeleteI know how that feels, Elaine! Every year when I was young we loved the Christmas decoration season, but there was also always a great fresh feeling--like a new big breath--when the decorations came down and the house started to return to its non-holiday self.
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