DECEMBER FIRST

1:30 p.m.

PHONE CONVERSATION

He-"Hallo?"
She-"Hi, sorry to bother you, but there's no heat."
He-"Heat's on."
She-"There's no heat in my radiator and no heat in my risers."
He-"I was just down in the boiler and the heat's on."
She-(slowly)

"There's-no-heat-in-my-radiator-no-heat-in-any-of-my-risers."
He-"Okay (mumble-click)

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COLD HERE
COLD THERE
Valerianna Claff Paintings Calendar

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8 p.m.

HEAT

Came on about 3 p.m.

Apparently it's preset by a timer (not by super, but by the plumbing company) he has no control over it. It's set to say 'Heat established' and clicks off for a period of time, then clicks back on when the temperature drops, but it takes about twenty minutes to actually get back up. Okay. So be it. Meanwhile the rain pours down outside and I am up and down with my malady accompanied by 'Teddy' and remedies on hand. I've made all my bill payments ready to mail tomorrow which will be worse weather wise-sleet then snow and more sleet through to Tuesday.

Soldiering on friends.

Blurred photo is actually how i feel

Out of focus.

Awwww, poor ol' thing.

A DIFFICULT DAY

It's physical, chronic, quite actual, and much too personal to share in detail, so I headed West for a moon view at 9PM.  I wandered , watched other humans interacting, listened to cicadas hidden in the foliage still calling out in the chill sixty degree air.  My thoughts drifted from dark to light and back again, but their song made me feel less alone, and deeply comforted.

"you must rise above

the gloomy clouds
covering the mountaintop
otherwise, how will you
ever see the brightness?"

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