small joys

finding a Jimmy John's sandwich emporium downtown, and having a roast beef sandwich prior to my hearing

figuring out that in the simple software I am using, 25 photos = nearly exactly 3 seconds of stop-motion animation. this means that 180 seconds will require only 1500 photos. Completed so far: 11.73 seconds.

seeing the first pear trees in bloom

a blue sky, sunny morning

the pear tree in the parking lot bloomed

The birds sang warbler songs today. I ate a sugar cookie from the bakery on Broadway. I thought about how I love both dogs and cats, though we only own dogs. I worried about victims of violence in Nigeria. I thought about the most apt thing a given politician ever said was about the thin veneer.