• Wet Blanket

   · 01 Feb 2026 | Erika's Husband

  I finally grew disgusted enough with the kitchen to clean. I don’t think a visitor would consider it particularly messy, but I was tired of crumbs everywhere. I swept, mopped, sprayed, wiped, and started the dishwasher. Chores to keep my mind occupied. I threw away that comforter on the balcony. It had been sitting in a box half-soaked for months,...

• Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

   · 31 Jan 2026 | Erika's Husband

  (sorry for typos sorry) Around noon I took a drive to Scottsdale to do emissions testing for my car. It was so bright outside that the sky was washed out, almost white, and the roads were almost white and light was bouncing off the roofs of cars in all directions, enough to make you strain your eyes a bit if...