The above are a few gifts to self.

Since my last post, I have celebrated a birthday, performed in the spring recital, and finished a terrific course on Dickinson, Rilke, and Celan given by Ulrich Baer at Roundtable. I have also seen two plays: Out Here at the Court and An Enemy of the People at Timeline. (Enemy is can’t-miss theater.)

This is also the season of mowing, trimming, readying the raised beds (and adding a few), and sowing the wildflower seeds.