steph

This morning in May I am sitting outside, listening to the water fountain. There's green all around and I have no shoes on.

There's vines growing over a stone wall and I'm not so different from them. They're climbing vines, defying gravity as they grow upward, unlike trailing vines that follow the natural laws of physics and grow down towards the earth.

We used to have to learn to grow plants through time-consuming experiments. Plant, observe the apparent whims of sun and water, nurture what grows, or try again. Now we can just look it up online.

I'm in Austin, Texas, the heat during the day is like a warm, soft blanket I roll around in. The heat during the night when I want to be covered in actual blanket is oppressive. Can't have it both ways, I suppose.