Utah State Fair - 2023
Otherwise I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning I did the work I love. At noon I lay down with my mate. It might have been otherwise. We ate dinner together at a table with silver candlesticks. It might have been otherwise. I slept in a bed in a room with paintings on the walls, and planned another day just like this day. But one day, I know, it will be otherwise. —Jane Kenyon It's not a small thing to have a perfectly normal, regular day. As my stamina continues to increase I am humbled at the loveliness of pretty much everything. We went to the State Fair yesterday and there was a young girl, maybe 12 years old, with a ginormous belt buckle only to be leading a humongous steer onto a well padded sawdust ground with other youngsters to have their animals judged. Later I entered a very large room with bees hou...
