simple_pleasures unhinged sunshine awesome pad thai my toes feeling the weather good beer when the night air feels like a warm blanket rather than a sheet of ice any number of other synonyms for good_weather you can't be fucking crabby when it's warm out. you are not allowed. 070422 ... tender_square my first roo's roast ginger lemon tea in two years, a blend so spicy i coughed with my first sip and my throat tingled after swallowing. why can't all ginger tea taste like this? 211113 ... tender_square for a mere dollar, i just became the proud owner of a ceramic sloth that has its paws wrapped around an artificial succulent. he looks so coy with his one eye peeking out from behind that ever-flowering bunch, and he sits on my desk now, perennially smiling at me. 211213 ... tender_square three hours in the she-shed with my bestie and my mamma, watching ozzie and harriet (the ducks) fly into the pool and float. 220605 ... tender_square rocking on the porch swing in my wool socks with some furry friends, sipping tea as the rain falls. 220708 ... tender_square driving myself to therapy on friday mornings and taking two hours to come home afterwards. 221014 ... tender_square kroger maple creme cookies with coffee. outdoor fires in the autumn afternoon. the masculine scent of neutorgena clarifying shampoo on my tresses. 221016 ... nr watching a video of my one-year-old nephew so enraptured by pumpkins he almost looks scared 221016 ... tender_square tim hortons coffee after drinking american highway swill. the non-stop neil young takeover on “deep tracks” to promote "world record." progress, not perfection. 221121 ... tender_square finding the copy of "waging heavy peace" i hadn't read that i thought i gotten rid of. 221124 ... tender_square wafer cookies paired with afternoon coffee while watching season three of “call my agent,” laughter surprising me. 221209 ... tender_square finishing a book on the couch during a quiet sunday evening. 230109 ... tender_square hot chocolate and watching "fraiser" reruns on cozi. 230110 ... raze smelling the sweet skin of a kaiser roll fresh enough to fashion fingers into the sharpest blades. 230116 ... e_o_i Making salads (the_salad_page). Getting passionfruit bubble tea today, a luxury resisted last week. I'm exhausted. 230117 ... tender_square sniffing my jacket sleeves to inhale the scent of someone who is my home. 230217 ... tender_square earl_grey tea with a splash of lemon and sugar (the way the brits do). caramel corn from the boutique shop on richmond. purple and turquoise flannel pajamas i'd forgotten that grandmama gave me. 230225 ... kerry bulleit bourbon in a crystal tumbler 230226 ... tender_square afternoon naps in bed with the windows open. reading in the bathtub. cruising with cool jazz. 230506 ... tender_square a walk in the woods with a thermos of coffee. 230520 ... tender_square reading in the backyard shade swinging on a hammock with a new (used) book. 230530 ... tender_square treating myself to a start of summer pedicure by a pro. 230601 ... kerry iced coffee with oat milk while reading a good book. 230601 ... tender_square a stop at a cheapie retailer yielded unexpected finds: - a brand new book of many pristine pages of watercolour paper - a weekly planner (which was the purpose of the visit; i am so lost without one now that it was finished half-way through the year) - a book of yoga poses specifically for difficult periods of life, when one needs to rest, when one needs comfort, when one needs stillness. 230701 ... tender_square -cathartic crying in public while circling the track -listening to loud music every time he leaves, clawing back pieces of myself in three-minute segments -last-minute trips outta here to look at art and remember what beauty feels like 230713 ... tender_square -eating dessert before dinner because fuck it, adulting sucks sometimes. -day trips to lakeside towns with my bestie, watching a play about the friendships between middle-aged women. -sleeping with the windows open while wearing a slip to bed. 230812 ... tender_square -iced coffee in a to-go thermos on a hot day -reading under the shimmering canopy of two towering white ash, my skin flush against grass -feeling seen in the introduction of octavia f. raheem's "pause, rest, be" 230820 ... tender_square - opening the windows and not having to worry about cigarette smoke or drama wafting in. - sitting on my front porch to write for the first time ever. - taking down the second mailbox and the words "main" from my own. - the tenant finally being fucking gone for good. 230831 ... tender_square - sitting in my bed for the first time in eight days (was worried about mold in the ceiling with the water damage above) - smudging the shit out of the former apartment with my mother (she had the palo santo, i waved the white sage) - drinking coffee with my dad on the stoop before we got to work - throwing trash dramatically off the front porch onto the lawn and listening to it thud 230901 ... tender_square sipping a fresh pour from timmie's on a slow, meandering stroll in dawn's early hours at ojibway. 230916 what's it to you? who go blather from