“How nice it is to be us, Big Bear thought.
Two brown bears in two fine boats sailing on a blue, blue lake.

And he was happy.”

― Eve Bunting, Big Bear's Big Boat

a spur of the moment meet up for lunch at a new place on an old pier
boat watching and all of us picking the one we would like if they offered them up, cheap
remembering when he lived on a boat with his dog when he was finishing up college
another little snake in the garden this morning and how I did not scream, and calmly walked away
feeling like Bellingham is home now and how lucky we are to have landed here
slushies for Percy and me, a beer for everyone else ….
and really good pizza!

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