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
6/1: not just imagining it
I've been driving by an amazing stand of Queen Anne's Lace daily, and I keep thinking about pulling off the road and taking pictures of it before it disappears. It's near a freeway overpass, so neither convenient nor private (I don't like to take pictures when other people can watch me--a serious limitation). But today I decided to park nearby the overpass and try to get some photos. It wasn't a great experience: I didn't like people in the passing cars seeing me, the noise was significant and steady, and the traffic created more wind than I would have guessed so the flowers wouldn't stay still enough for me to photograph them well. Nevertheless, I did it rather than just think about doing it. That's something, and I'm going to count it as something good.
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