ok i’ll admit i spent a slightly shiny-eyed morning processing what my country had elected to do with itself. disregarding all politics, the fact that a manifestly overqualified woman could lose to a manifestly underqualified man knocked this tomboy off her stride for a bit, after what had seemed like so much progress. but that feeling will get exactly one day of my time. now it’s back to work. there is gathering to do. another photo to take. dinner to make. a book on my bedside. a husband and son and daughter to love and be loved by.

winter stems in southern france

autignac, france