pre-christmas

I'm sitting in my living room. It's been raining but now the sky seems to be brightening. I'm looking out at a low, heavy mist. Yesterday -- the shortest day of the year -- was cloudy but dry. I did not go outside except to harvest some rosemary from the bushes out front. This is partly because I banged up my knee a couple of weeks ago, in the dumbest possible way: I walked into a thigh-high concrete post outside office building where I work. As my upper body lurched forward, I heard my knee "crrriiick." It's getting better, but slowly.

Later the same day: I drove over to Bernal because I needed buttermilk and coffee and other things. I decided to try walking up the hill. I got up and around the park without much difficulty. (The hill is very green and some areas have slid a bit.) The way down was a little uncomfortable, though. The sun is out.