19 FEB 26

On 30 days of Puck being away now... and the house feels it...

Also... there's no helpful distractions during math class while Yali and Patience scratch through pictographs wishing big bro was available to stir up some trouble...

But they still slog into it anyway... and by the time they wrap class with a little ever-hated long division... there's a sketchy chalk of blue rain in the west and a roll of thunder unfamiliar for months...

A short time later as that rain comes a tumblin'... Yali is busy chasing Patience around the house with the roll of duct tape for some unknown offense... “I'M GONNA DUCT TAPE YOU TO THE FLOOR ROSE!”...

A little babysitting and a little dance and a little fencing and a little Olympics coax us into the evening and a roll of cloud under stars towards a cooling night...