16 AUG 25

It's already afternoon and Yali is in a sweet rage over the cat leaving puddles across his turquoise Adidas...

...as Patience – wailing more K-Pop while helping with the dishes – drops an IKEA dish into the sink and chips it...

Oxbear is preparing lunch... it's another short-order kitchen of mixed tastes in a loud and conflicting cacophony of Chef Boyardee chicken noodle soup leftover cheeseburgers Chinese glass noodles mandarin orange chicken...

...while Mama slips on headphones to prepare the academic year...

...and the 99-degree heat slips into 112 heat index...

Mid-afternoon Oxbear and Yali settle on the couch with soldering iron projects watching “Jurassic Park” before Yali leaves for a VR birthday party...

A crust of deep violet-blue cloud packs in around the city as they leave... thunder growl...

My phone rings... Puck gaming on his computer... “You know... it is the weekend... how about some Chick-fil-A?”