A-conjuring Summer in

[sovay]

Happy solstice! We made our offerings to the shortest night and the growing moon in its halo of heat-haze; there are fireflies in the yards here, little stars winking, falling. We carry this light the whole year through. May it be a year when we don't need to hold it quite so hard.

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[asakiyume]

We had our two not-living-in-Japan children over for a meal, plus the significant other of one of them. It was great to be able to be in the same room together without the shadow of the fear of death hanging over us. (And wow, that's (a) and understatement and (b) a sentence that two years ago I could not have conceived of typing.)

Fireflies are one of the truly best things about early summer.

[sovay]

(And wow, that's (a) and understatement and (b) a sentence that two years ago I could not have conceived of typing.)

It is a strange thing to have learned how to say. I am glad you are here to say it.

Fireflies are one of the truly best things about early summer.

They were pointed out to me the first night I was here! I associate them with open fields more than with suburban neighborhoods. They're lovely just to see floating on and off.