October 15th, 2023

Just finished up one of the more chaotic event weekends for the year at 
work. I'm quite frankly exhausted and my body is letting me know its 
displeasure. I am glad to say the months of work paid off and things went 
smoothly.

Sitting in a coffee shop a father described an old 
radio-turned-decorative-piece as "what they had before alexa". Definitely 
not a wrong definition, I suppose I just never thought of Alexas and their 
counterparts as a definitive home piece before. Things seem to perpetually 
make less sense as I unintentially become more disconnected from those 
around me. Being from away doesn't help, I am sure. I just don't use the 
web the same as others.

The trend of those I know peddling either side's propaganda of the current 
situation in the Middle East is slowing and giving way to a sense of 
humanity. Emphasis on slowing. It will always be a heated topic; 
I hope the suffering will end soon. I am sure my hope will not reflect 
reality, as I expect it will get compoundly worse before it gets any 
better - if that happens at all. There will be no winners.

I am especially longing for home today. I continue to daydream for the 
meadows, peaks, and valleys I miss dearly. I want the smell of Creote 
after a monsoon rain. The silence of high desert. The cool meadows of 
Ponderosa Pine forest. It really is the only thing that makes sense to me. 
I'll listen to some Katie Lee to remember.

Only together,
yeehaw