bike: 15 minutes
run: 1 mile
basement
outside: -11 / feels like -18
Brrr. A quick bike and run in the basement in the late afternoon. Watched “Nobody Asked Us” on YouTube while I biked, listened to an apple music “energy” playlist. Didn’t think about much, just enjoyed moving and sweating a little.
Spent most of my writing day reviewing past entries from June and July. Instead of reading them with my eyes, I listened to them through my computer. It was nice to give my eyes a break. Lots of great stuff about lakes and swimming and the color of water in those entries. Nice to spend some time there when it’s so cold outside. Also a nice way to forget that Trump was inaugurated today.
from Mantled/ Kevin Young
The dead do
what they want
which is nothing—
sit there, mantled,
or made real
by photographs
in silver frames,
or less real
by our many ministrations.
Dusting. Bleach. The world
swept, ordered,
seemingly unending.
Love Young’s entire poem, but especially this first half.