Lenore works all day at lightening the place up. She is always teaching the focused and serious Rose how to play. Here, they try and fake one another into dropping their toy. Rose usually wins this game, and she is full of deception and Lenore does not grasp guile.

Went to Brattleboro today to look around. Was in a great bookstore, the Book Cellar and a staffer came up and asked me if Izzy like bookstores. I nodded. Loved Brattleboro. It was frigid, so we ended up walking a little and then eating felafel in a Lebanese restaurant. Sometimes I miss cities.

Am working on the notion of living in the moment. For me, this means not looking into the past or worrying about the future. I like it in the moment, although I know one cannot always remain there. I am re-reading Thomas Merton’s writings on Zen Buddhism, at the suggestion of a friend.

I might make it to the Zen Center in the morning. I might watch some of the Super Bowl. I can’t take too much of it.