The polls closed tonight on the US Senate run-off elections in Georgia and I am fascinated by the distance I have maintained from the contest. The outcome will undoubtedly have consequences legislatively and beyond, however I am completely at peace at this moment.

There is a California Buckeye Tree that grows in Strawberry Canyon (Berkeley, CA) that is quite singular – even if my hunch that it formed from two saplings is correct.

Aesculus californica, the California Buckeye

I have spent the last week away from work and began 2021 with a focus on the house and back yard, working to improve and simplify things in form and function. It has been productive. Things feel quiet. Enough small details have been remedied that it feels like there has been a noticeable change. I am looking forward to occupying this stillness as much as possible and to keep slowly improving each room, and each thing.

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currently reading: The Beauty of Everyday Things, Soetsu Yanagi
last full listen: High in the Sky by the Hampton Hawes Trio