nada

That’s what I did today, nada. It was hard at first but I made a decision and I stuck to it. I made a few necessary phone calls, watched a Netflix movie, ate very little (too much effort), and later in the day did some necessary maintenance, aka puttering: garbage, compost, plants, mail. Two naps, a.m. and p.m. two minutes short of half an hour each. My inner clock wakes me before the alarm sounds.

A neighbour in the building invited me for tea in the afternoon and we talked about food and nutrition, exchanging nuggets of information.

I grilled vegetables for dinner: Japanese eggplant, red pepper, red onion, portobello mushroom piled on a thick slice of toasted sourdough bread topped with thin petals of Asiago cheese broiled till melted and crusty.

It’s late now, too late to go to bed early.

Tomorrow I will justify my existence.

I will work

at something.