Hardy Gras
Fat Tuesday is feeling a little gaunt this year. New Orleans itself has replaced Mardi Gras with something called Yardi Gras, which is well intentioned but sounds like a gimmick for selling patio furniture.
Disruptive
I have to tell you the truth. Try as you may to make it otherwise, you are going to be disruptive. Even more: you are going to be most disruptive to the ones you love most.
What you cannot lose
You can lose the sight. You can lose the touch. You can lose what you thought was the entirety of your connection. But you cannot lose your anam cara.
Epilogues: January 2021
I suppose we were asking too much of you, 2021. We demanded that you atone for the sins of your predecessor. We commanded that you carry all of our hopes. We thought, at least, that you could be good-weird rather than civilization-tottering-weird.
The snowballs have arrived
What is it, kittens, that gets you out of bed? Do you have that fire in the belly that no tribulation can shake? Do you stretch towards the sunshine with invincible hope? Do you have your alarm clock set to play Lizzo at 6:45 am without fail? Is raspberry truffle coffee your morning soulmate?
Slow it down
Cats can move faster than we can, physically. Cats can’t understand why we move so fast, mentally.
We make the rules
We are not in control.* We are not as powerful as cats. But we are not entirely helpless.
Quality calicos
There are a great many ways to get in trouble. There are also many ways to stay out of it, but they are far less interesting.
Maybe tomorrow
All twelve days of Christmas are long over. It is still winter. Much is over; much is yet to come.
Oh, Honey
Oh, Honey. You were ready for things to be permanently different. But here you are in 2021, still waiting.