Thursday, October 29th, 2026

The morning went to shopping for a bereavement gift, which is its own kind of errand: there is no right item, only the one that says what you mean without asking anything back. The afternoon was lighter, gutters at Home Depot, an ordinary sort of problem with an ordinary sort of solution. I spent the evening in Baldur’s Gate 3, which asked nothing of me and was welcome for it. Some days are mostly a matter of holding the line between what needs doing and what restores you.