today is ’s birthday. she informed me and that because we forgot her birthday, we now owe her 100 swimming trips.

serves us right. had beers at lunch with and ; fried tofu that was crispy outside and almost melted inside, under a clear sky. sunny but not yet the heavy kind of hot - the first days of summer have arrived. the cicadas have started shedding. looked tired. i’ve been drinking too much beer lately. it just sort of happens. the moon is full tonight and still, i forgot to light incense at the altar again.

it’s somewhere out there on the internet!

i’m writing this at the end of the day, sitting by the window after the storm (with its rushing wind, torn-back roofs, fallen signs) has finally passed. it’s quiet again now. the sky has cleared. small lights blinking on in the distance and i meant to write about the site but something about this moment makes it easy to drift.

the site is simple. maybe a little bare (i spent more time on it than i planned and slept less than i probably should have) but it feels like enough to begin with.

i don’t know what will come out of it. i just hope it becomes somewhere i return to every now and then. instead of wandering.