She has a path through the kitchen when she’s cooking something that takes a while, and tonight I watched the whole thing from the doorway without once getting up, which I consider a genuine accomplishment given how long it went on. It goes: stove, counter, sink, back to stove. Sometimes the fridge gets added in, … Read more
She started talking before I’d even settled anywhere, which should have been my first warning. Usually there’s a sequence to the evening — the bag goes down by the door, the shoes come off, something gets put in the refrigerator or taken out of it, and only after all that does she start making sounds … Read more
She has a book tonight instead of the little light. I noticed the difference right away because a book weighs on her differently than the phone does — heavier in her lap, held with two paws instead of balanced in one, and it makes a specific sound when she opens it that the phone never … Read more
