1. Goddess
2. Comfy chairs inside at the cool local library.
3. The arboretum for walking around and learning the names of trees.
4. The sense of connection
5. Improvising a meal
6. Trying on clothes and jewelry. So many women passed things along to me, overwhelmed by this generosity. I have a few favorites on repeat.
8. Sometimes thinking about the consequences and feeling sadness.
9. City gardens.
10. A tree of heaven and a chain link fence.
“A woman, big with child, sat patiently at the curb in a stiff wooden chair. She sat in the hot sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.” Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.