Hope is visible in the objects in our homes. Identities and plans rest dormant in a stack of books. The kitchen pantry reassures us of our future nourishment. A toolbox is the confidence that we can fix what will break. Little notes to self. Little notes of self. The secret language of things we use to fold life into time, time into life.

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Journal entry: more spiritual nonsense

I’ve been sitting in my room looking around. I finally understand what they mean. I’m looking at the lamp the fan my bag. Everything is a physical manifestation of someone’s personal manifestation in a weird way I feel interconnected to the spirit of the past and Phyllis sense of intimacy to know that something