Day 20,993 : july 25 2026

Roanoke, Virginia



today felt like:

a tired crab on a hot rock



the day moved like this:

farmers market, bagels, small batch liquidations, missed delivery of palma 2 pro, i stayed home due to post-egg-belly-trouble



i noticed:

• something small: river pebbles on the roanoke looking dry, but round
• something living: a tiny brown moth with white speckles, very pretty ! (royal walnut moth)
• something that felt out of place: sky seemed gray, clouds more blue



the valley:

a lot of mist coming down the mountain, then riaing up again, like a cotton blanket being aired out



animals / visitors:

skinny cat, junebugs, dragonflies, deer and inlaws



something strange:

learned my local bagel joint uses beeg tallow in all fried items, no wonder i liked the taste, but as a vegetarian not ordering that stuff again. surprised i’m not angrier.



i kept thinking about:

Recently heard folks with ADHD live about a decade less due to comorbidities like depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and sleep issues.

Add that to being a fairly clumsy, obese, left-handed giant, and I’m honestly surprised I am alive at all at this point.


today’s weight:

feeling a bit of a gloomy gus. ready to be more of a chipper chuck.



small good things:

• egg, cheese and hash brown on salt bagel (not so small, really)
• free pile of mini muffins when they had to recall us to put hash brown on our bagels
• trinket rade a little found plastic jesus for some cool bug stickers



tonight:

“better than sex cake” and thai food was dandy, aus version of death in paradise was weaksauce. good to be with family though. 



tomorrow might:

be a brighter day



free write:

Not much today. Man-thing doodle

Ted Sallis: probably had a worse day overall than me. Why should I grouse?