throw your hands in the air

so i gave my creative mornings talk this morning, which i wasn’t dreading in any way, but which was a source of anxiety. and then this afternoon, i had to go to the hand specialist to have a monstrous sliver removed from my palm (like 2-3 inches long and completely embedded). and that was a source of absolute dread. so now i’m just home from a beautiful dinner with my family and a good friend, and it’s all behind me, and i feel like this jack-in-the-pulpit, with my arms thrown wide in relief and joy. now i’m going to sleep for about 12 hours, and then i’m going to start soaking my hand in epsom salts. so it goes…

jack in the pulpit seed head

turtle lake, shoreview, minnesota