here are some good things: sunshine at lunch. cooper the dog greeting me at the end of the day. dinner on my plate every night, coffee in my cup every morning. friends that are family and family that are friends and blurring the line between. trips to big bear and out of the fast-pasted city. snuggling after dinner while watching tv. mason jars and cooking with my self or my friends.

here are some bad things: low voter turnout, the reports out of ferguson, the reports out of skid row, that works comp doesn’t cover people’s needs when they are injured on the job, that businesses work the way they do and don’t care about people, global warming, winter lasting forever, droughts flaming up and down california, glorified villains and marginalized heros.

here is what i know: we made this world. we will take ourselves out of it. we will also change it, for the better some days, for the worse on others. today is an inbetween today. i hope tomorrow is a better one. and that better ones follow and follow and swallow up ‘status quo’ and ‘because’ and ‘i never thought of that’ and are replaced with ‘what about this’ and ‘well i don’t like that so imma change it’ and ‘i just though of something brilliant.’

happy thursday, chickens. may you wrestle with life today and come out on the other side stronger and clearer in your convictions with a smile on your face.