It rained last night

 But now it's dry and the sky is cloudless blue.  It was cool outside during my morning walk and the ground - throughout the walk - was full of fallen leaves - wet, wet, wet.  But coming back, the US Bank area was clean - Carlos was here with his blower quite early today!

Can I write more than a few paragraphs a day - and would they be worthwhile and readable if I wr to try?  Before & After..... - a book of essays before China and after my return?  I started writing Good-Bye & Thank-You! in 2022.....we'r now approaching 5 years later.  

GB&TY! had a clear goal - I wrote it for Joanna so she could possibly learn more about me.  And she read it, essay by essay.  Can we duplicate this?

To begin, I need 10 essay themes.......that'll be hard as I want to do 2,000-5,000 word essays - meaningful essays.  And once I have themes?  Then the hard part comes - I need to outline with more thought and detail than I've ever put into preparation to write an essay........If I can outline 5 essays; then write two of them that'll be a good stopping point to assess what I've accomplished an whether it makes sense to continue.....

I'm listening to Wagner's Reinzi Overture as part of the complete opera, performed this year for the first time at Bayreuth.  WQXR is great for music and opera......and today at 5pm (PT or ET??) Lincoln in the Bardo is being streamed on the Met's You Tube channel.

So much for today....it is 10:10am and 18C outside.  I've done my (bundled up) morning walk and will possibly do a photoshoot this afternoon........Happy Saturday!!

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