Had one of those mornings where the light hit just right, gold filtering through the blinds, casting lines across the floor like quiet Morse code. The cat followed the sunbeam from room to room, eventually curling up on my arm while I tried to write. Productivity: paused, but heart: full.

The neighborhood’s been especially green after last week’s rain. That stretch between 4th and Main is nearly overgrown now, the kudzu creeping like it’s got a plan. I kind of like it, honestly. There’s something comforting about nature pushing back a little. Spotted three rabbits by the empty lot behind the old laundromat. They didn’t seem too concerned with me, just nibbling and blinking in that deliberate bunny way.

Enjoyed a breakfast with my sweetheart of splitting a chocolate scone and london fog pastry. Not life-changing, but pleasant. A soft sweetness with a little tart bite, like late summer should be. Swung by CVS to get my meds and the older gentleman who plays harmonica near the benches was out again, he always finishes with Shenandoah and tips his hat like he’s closing a show. It gets me every time.

Back home, I sorted through some of my old notebooks ; little scribbled ideas, half-formed stories, sketches of bears in top hats, and robots with coffee mugs. There’s a kind of comfort in seeing your past self try. Like looking at your own roots.

Anyway, not much else to report… just a soft day, in a soft season. I’ll take it.

Be well, stay kind, and if you pass by the harmonica man, drop a quarter for me.

Until later, dear journal.