nothing entirely new or special to talk about today...

 but I don't want to drop the ball and lose steam with this trend of beginning to write daily again. (Hello to my recent muses! The Artist once known as Prince! Anthony Stuart Head!) Ok, rigamarole, here's just an opening statement of what I'm doing today. I am on day one of a new pet sitting assignment, with a brand new pet in a neighborhood I am not familiar with. So I'm feeling a little wavery and ungrounded. I mean, I know where I am, and I know how to get myself home directly if I needed to do that. But I am not familiar with this city (not very familiar, I've been visiting this city since the 70s, and it's expanded and grown so much since those early days ... this neighborhood I'm in now was probably just walnut groves way back then...). I do know that there is a beautiful public library about 2 miles away, and I've visited all of the cemeteries in this town, but they are not of epic grandeur like the cemeteries in Colma are. This are small pioneer style cemeteries. I also know where a few of the thrift stores are, but I could not drive (or walk) to any of those locations from this address without using the map apps. I don't know if there are any cool cafes around here either. There's bound to be strbxs, but I would like to find an indie style cafe if there are any. I'm going to be here for 9 days, a bit longer than typical stays I've been doing so far this year. The house is owned by an older European lady that lives alone, and her decor is kinda unsettling for me. I don't feel hugged by this house, and I don't feel like sitting on any of her furniture. There's only one tv in the house and to watch it I have to lay on her bed. (I get the creeps using other people's beds, it's a thang that I won't go into hah yeh)... So I am going to try to spend more time reading books (important reason for going to the library soon, maybe later this evening, or tomorrow for sure). And also writing more... okay, that's the summary of my day's activities so far...

What deeper, more interesting spiritual and psychological matters can I talk about? Well, something interesting happened with my friendship with Scarlett yesterday. She kinda got mad at me, and didn't hold back trying to explain what it was that I did that upset her. I give her space and permission to say things to me as clearly and as strongly as she needs to, as a means of us having clear understanding of what we are experiencing in life. It's kind of complicated what happened, and other than wanting to write about something interesting, I don't really want to divulge too much of what's going on behind the scenes in her life. Not here in public at least. And I may very well just shift the telling of this story over to my 750words entry for tonight, as that website is completely private. So yeah, I might just leave things here for now, and I'll be back either later tonight to talk about something else, or I'll just wait until tomorrow...