lessons. i am pondering this turtle, i assume a female, who wandered through my life yesterevening. i interfered and it only brought her back into my yard, and a while later she was in the road. i scooted her from behind off the road, but who knows, she was almost running her way off the tar anyway. i fear their crossings.

she was assertive and intelligent in an ancient armed house. elephant skin and algae shibori. and nails that hurt like hell if you get in their way. see her face? is she laughing at me, or merely annoyed?

i'll be back after two days in the woods in the adirondacks. i will encounter bugs, perhaps, and miracles if i'm lucky.