May 29th 2025

Rain is back by late morning... a light silver rain in a day that doesn't feel either very warm or very cool...

All the kids loll with tablets or phones for a few hours – Yali and Patience inhaling way too many cupcakes – but it's summer break even if doesn't feel much like it outdoors...

Errands of the morning for bank checks and library books and soft pretzels become...

...errands of the afternoon... including a private lesson at the studio for Patience... a run home for an irrevocably stained t-shirt change as we discuss the negative aspects of consumerism driving through more rain... and then back again for another class...

Back home once more after seven... Puck is researching umbrellas for delivery before 8AM the following morning... because the fact that there's no further substantial rain in the forecast for the next week indicates a definite umbrella emergency...