separation tender_square “maybe you should consider taking a week back home on your own for a trial separation,” her therapist suggested. “yeah, but how could i ever get him to agree to that? taking time apart isn’t going to make us closer.” “no, it won’t and it may not at all. but at least you will have clarity about what you want.” she let the idea shawl around her shoulders. “think about what it would be like to only have to take care of yourself and for him to do the same,” her therapist said. “what would that feel like?” 220823 ... Thumos I painted my windows frosty-clear. The streetlight across the street most evenings illuminating the flowers on my fence and the people walking by. These shadows and sounds are but fragments of reality, yet to me they are a comfort— players on my screen in what might otherwise be the solitude of night. In sunlit hours, the dappled dance of spring-green leaves and wind plays across my floors and tables, stirring feelings of warmth and cool comfort. The calm reprise of a world I still love. 260531 what's it to you? who go blather from