i saw lightening bugs for the first time in my life tonight.
i live right next to train tracks, so i count myself lucky.
we have a fire pit in back, and there is a rusting out car where a kitten lives.
bats fly around at night, and today it rained and was sunny within an hour.
people here are friendly in a way i don't understand but that my brother loves.
everything feels strange, far away, lonely, and on hold.
i just need to find a job and my own place and i will feel whole again.
i am glad to be here, but i anticipate the isolation to be great.
i will have to learn to be quietly with myself easily, i will have to learn to draw my own portrait with my eyes closed.
in other news, my brother has started a diary. nothing much going yet, because we just started designing it tonight, but when he has time, i know he will rock it this way and that. in addition to being a wicked good artist, he can write to boot.
do the charms of this bloodline ever end? i don't think so.
