June 11th 2025

While Patience spends all day at the studio...

...her brothers are busy at home practicing hand release push-ups from the workout routines Puck's Army recruiter texts him on a daily basis... while he chats with me about the intelligence and memory patterns of the wolf spider...

Add in my own exercise taking a neighborhood walk under bright sun with Yali while he details his recent nightmares for me...

When we return a large box of military surplus items is waiting for Puck including a whistle from 1971 and a Navy bread plate and an Air Force dress coat... he's a collector...

It's mid-afternoon and Patience is ready for a pick-up... we hit Target for a going-away gift for their neighbor friend...

Then back to the studio where Patience waits for class watching “Pride & Prejudice” on my phone snacking on baked potato chips... commenting aloud to herself during Mr. Darcy's proposal to Lizzie... “YES!!... What?!... I wonder what boys feel like when girls don't take their proposals...”

Then while Patience dances another hour... Mama cooks in the car on the parking lot with a couple of books as the sky fills with cloud past dropped windows...