Trick or treat 3

Argued over what
candy to buy. She wanted
KitKats. Blow Pops won.

Porcelain serenity

Only quiet time
to read tea ceremony
book is in bathroom.

Can’t sleep 7

I said I’d be in
bed by ten. Then midnight. Now
it’s one. How ’bout three?

Boob tube

I lock the TV
behind the armoire doors so
I can get work done.

Deadline

Some days it feels like
all I do is sit on this
couch and write for hours.

J’s collapse

Home sick, she lies in
bed, stomach queasy, still in
her day-before clothes.

Overworked

When the going gets
tough, I end up sleeping on
the couch, fully clothed.

Daylight savings time

Turn the clocks back next
week? I could use that extra
hour of sleep right now…

Clothing exchange

Suddenly it’s too
chilly to wear a tshirt.
Autumn’s in the house.

San Diego fire 12 -11:20 pm EST

Nighttime landscapes blaze.
Lines of fire on hillsides trace
borders of life death.