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The Comb with the Blue Handle

October 1, 2026

She keeps the comb in the drawer by the bathroom sink, the one with the blue handle and the wide-spaced teeth, and when it comes out I know exactly what is about to happen to me, and I allow it, because I have decided over time that this is one of the few procedures in … Read more

Categories Diary, The Humans Tags comfort, grooming, pride, quiet moments, routine, vanity Leave a comment

The Morning That Didn’t Start

September 24, 2026

The light came in wrong today. Not wrong exactly — it came in fine, pale and a little gray at first the way it always does before it warms up — but it kept coming and coming and nothing happened underneath it. Usually by the time the light has gotten that particular buttery thickness on … Read more

Categories Diary, The Humans Tags comfort, interior state, no clock time, observation, quiet morning, routine Leave a comment

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