It was a good day, this day, after a string of bad ones filled with laze/malaise.  Things feel hard right now but there are a couple of important constants which keep it all on the rails.  I see people carrying fresh cut flowers from the farmer’s market and they seem like such a decadent expenditure.

It rained on the 4th of July.

There are a lot of lightning bugs now, suddenly.  Not as many as when I was a kid but that’s to be expected, I think, in these times.  Walking around at night is sort of a dreamy experience, especially in Ravenswood because there are so many large trees and other plants.  In Logan Square it’s interesting to see the wacky siding people have on their shoddy houses and to smell their barbeques.

Some days I need to remind myself that I have a really amazing partner.  Finally the word can be used.  Take it for granted I must not do.