I think

The moment in

I like the idea

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it's called a tresilla, that rhythm. What does it sound like? Could be anything; isn't just.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 34 - shame inferno: smoky progg!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 34 - shame inferno: smoky progg

does wonder.

Rambling Mind: shame inferno: smoky progg

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always

I have reached a point

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Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 37 - dont je connais le cause

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a white contrail tracing through the sky. This one is headed what looks like almost straight up. How does that work? Maybe the plane really is ascending. Or— it's just heading right towards me. (Would that look like upwards?)

I try to imagine the path

Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it takes as three dimensional, with the pointed end closer and the trailing cloud level to the ground. I can't see it. A path on the inside of a sphere, surely, though I know it cannot really be.


That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out. I always saw it was blue and never could get the color to change.

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the initial interest of learning about it I wasn't too surprised. Such illusions of color were possible, and this was another one. Still, I had fun showing it to people (though my methods may have biased them).


As the plane gets closer

I try to imagine the path

Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it appears to move more quickly. I lean into the window, and without it framing my view, the trail looks smaller, somehow. Just a tiny white streak, no matter how close. Mustn't it be huge, to be seen from this far? But the inside of the sphere is not so far. And the plane passes overhead, and the trail is not so long. And it's gone.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 48 - some thing that i thought!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 48 - some thing that i thought

does wonder.

Rambling Mind: some thing that i thought

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Then the news

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

came out that the real-life object was, in fact, blue and black. From then on, it wasn't some arbitrary trait or opinion, oh no. You saw it right, or you saw it wrong; and I saw it right from the very beginning, you know. Most people were fooled, but not me. And isn't that so nice and neat?

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 10).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 52 - do not expect this to be significant to you, but it is significant to me!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 52 - do not expect this to be significant to you, but it is significant to me

does wonder.

do not expect this to be significant to you, but it is significant to me:52

Rambling Mind: do not expect this to be significant to you, but it is significant to me

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The bookshelf

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

in the living room was for old books for adults, so I never paid it much mind, content with the ones in mine or my brother's room and various school libraries and book fairs. Now I am drawn to it. These are books my parents have read, have owned, have decided to keep, some from when they were in college or further.

This prism

The bookshelf

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

would sit by the window, and cast an ocean on the floor. It is behind the picture frames, and I think it has sunk to the bottom where blue is black is everything.

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There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

wearing a bright blue raincoat. Have I seen it before? If she turned around, would I recognize the face under that hood?

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I'm no good with faces. (Or maybe that's not true. I always say that I'm bad at faces, and bad at names, but I wonder if I just don't do enough to remember. Do I need to pay more attention? Do I need to use people's names more often? How often do I know someone with no idea from where! But I don't want to guess and be wrong. It would be so terribly rude.)


When was it moved here?

This prism

The bookshelf

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

It must have been a long while waiting. And I'm not going to take it out. It is dusty, undisturbed, mingling with the night I don't know how long from now. It stays.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 7 - i like to say hello and welcome you good day that is my name!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 7 - i like to say hello and welcome you good day that is my name

does wonder.

i like to say hello and welcome you good day that is my name:7

Rambling Mind: i like to say hello and welcome you good day that is my name

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


She's turned to say something

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

to the girl next to her. She smiles. No, I don't know her. But the coat is nice. Right now, it could almost be the sky.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 41 - [::-1]!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always

The building is tall

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and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window...


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window. Across the street a car is parked, and on the edge of the roof of the car is the sun, glinting.

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The sun is behind the building. Where could it be reflecting from, that it hits the car and reaches a window in the opposite side? I suppose the shadow isn't complete darkness. Light gets in from somewhere, and one of those places is here.


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Is that why it's called that? I bet I could look that up. Maybe later. And what about "sleep"? What does sleep smell like? I don't quite understand that.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Lemongrass and sleep". And maybe it's there for the rhyme. What does it rhyme with? I don't remember the next line.


In a minute

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the brightness recedes. Maybe it's moved to another window, now. Or maybe to see it you had to be just here within a few minutes, and looking the right way. (I wonder if it happens every day.)

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 6).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 47 - shhhhhhhhh!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


There are others, of course.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"But to her..." might be my favorite. At once all the sadness and links. And there's something about that makes me smile. And why? And why.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 8 - i hope yuo!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Always

A bird—

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a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window...


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window. Black and white, in some pattern resembling stripes that I'm sure has a specific birding name. Or maybe it's just "stripes".

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and take a photo, it hopped just out of view. So when I came back and couldn't see it, I waited.


The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window. Across the street a car is parked, and on the edge of the roof of the car is the sun, glinting.

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The sun is behind the building. Where could it be reflecting from, that it hits the car and reaches a window in the opposite side? I suppose the shadow isn't complete darkness. Light gets in from somewhere, and one of those places is here.


Always

Always

The building is tall

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There's a girl outside

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And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that it had left. I might have seen it again if I hadn't turned for that moment. But I wanted the photo, since it looked nice just there. (Well, of course. It looked nice.)

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 18 - oh, dinghy. oh, boat. oh,!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 18 - oh, dinghy. oh, boat. oh,

does wonder.

Rambling Mind: oh, dinghy. oh, boat. oh,

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

wearing a bright blue raincoat. Have I seen it before? If she turned around, would I recognize the face under that hood?

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I'm no good with faces. (Or maybe that's not true. I always say that I'm bad at faces, and bad at names, but I wonder if I just don't do enough to remember. Do I need to pay more attention? Do I need to use people's names more often? How often do I know someone with no idea from where! But I don't want to guess and be wrong. It would be so terribly rude.)


Always

Always


She's turned to say something

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

to the girl next to her. She smiles. No, I don't know her. But the coat is nice. Right now, it could almost be the sky.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like. (My mom would. I could ask her.) It turns out they're a whole genus of flowers, all with three petals, except for when they have four. Like clovers, except I don't think clovers are trilliums.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

They're found all over Asia and North America.

I found a kind that are native to here, and they're also called a whip-poor-will flower.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always

I remembered today

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that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like...

I don't recognize the song

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that drifts insistent down from the bell tower...


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Is that why it's called that? I bet I could look that up. Maybe later. And what about "sleep"? What does sleep smell like? I don't quite understand that.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Lemongrass and sleep". And maybe it's there for the rhyme. What does it rhyme with? I don't remember the next line.


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that drifts insistent down from the bell tower. That happens too often, for what are meant to be familiar pieces. Sometimes I think without context of the original, the flattish tone of these versions loses something along the way.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

But this could not be one of those times.

The song feels familiar in that way that a new song can— a surprise that makes you change your breathing, stop seeing and listen, feel the world accompanied by the sound.


There are others, of course.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"But to her..." might be my favorite. At once all the sadness and links. And there's something about that makes me smile. And why? And why.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 15 - because seven hundred and eighty-nine!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 15 - because seven hundred and eighty-nine

does wonder.

because seven hundred and eighty-nine:15

Rambling Mind: because seven hundred and eighty-nine

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


The harmony is warm but

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

quiet behind the melody. I keep walking at the same steady pace, and the can't help but feel the rhythm of the song and mine are related, even if I can't tell how. It's nice.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 36 - make sure he's ok!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The harmony is warm but

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 19 - we're here!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out. I always saw it was blue and never could get the color to change.

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the initial interest of learning about it I wasn't too surprised. Such illusions of color were possible, and this was another one. Still, I had fun showing it to people (though my methods may have biased them).


Always

Always


Then the news

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

came out that the real-life object was, in fact, blue and black. From then on, it wasn't some arbitrary trait or opinion, oh no. You saw it right, or you saw it wrong; and I saw it right from the very beginning, you know. Most people were fooled, but not me. And isn't that so nice and neat?

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 11).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 57 - see me after class!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like. (My mom would. I could ask her.) It turns out they're a whole genus of flowers, all with three petals, except for when they have four. Like clovers, except I don't think clovers are trilliums.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I found a kind that are native to here, and they're also called a whip-poor-will flower.


Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

discover slowly that one of my ears is hearing differently than usual. My own breathing is amplified, but sounds entering it from the air are turned away. Like when you get on a plane, or off, and there's too much (too little?) pressure in your ears. But no reason.

Is that what

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

an ear infection is like? I never got those when I was younger. Back  when I could go to the doctor, and they'd explain something like this. Yes, you have an ear infection. Fruit juice is forming crystals in you. Your appendix ruptured.

Today it happened in both ears.

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

And I could still hear, but just. So I went through the day and listened carefully, for when I didn't there was noise.

I lay in bed

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and hear at regular intervals a rushing. Not quite regular. Every now and then it seems the tempo is a little faster, a little slower. But the changes are small.


I knew I'd heard of that before.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

A whippoorwill is a bird. Apparently it's named after the sound it makes. I bet the flower doesn't make that kind of sound. So why is it called that?— I started reading about Scots after that. I don't remember how I got there. If I found out why that silent flower is named for sound, I don't remember.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 3 - that doesn't how boats is!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 3 - that doesn't how boats is

does wonder.

Rambling Mind: that doesn't how boats is

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


If I went now,

Is that what

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

discover slowly that one of my ears is hearing differently than usual. My own breathing is amplified, but sounds entering it from the air are turned away. Like when you get on a plane, or off, and there's too much (too little?) pressure in your ears. But no reason.

an ear infection is like? I never got those when I was younger. Back  when I could go to the doctor, and they'd explain something like this. Yes, you have an ear infection. Fruit juice is forming crystals in you. Your appendix ruptured.

it would be going because of the problem. And it usually goes away in a day or two. So why go if it's not a big deal?— I mean, I don't know. I think I'm supposed to. Everyone my age knows what an ear infection is, and whether they should worry about it. Better not, I think. I listen to the sound of my head.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 24 - red pushing down on the green!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 24 - red pushing down on the green

does wonder.

Rambling Mind: red pushing down on the green

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window. Black and white, in some pattern resembling stripes that I'm sure has a specific birding name. Or maybe it's just "stripes".

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and take a photo, it hopped just out of view. So when I came back and couldn't see it, I waited.


I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I can't stop thinking about. Well, rewatching it— I don't know how many times it's been— years since I first saw it— but it gets better every time.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the parts that I didn't much care for the first time around. Like the music, which is strange and dissonant and deliberately so— or at least it deliberately pays its dissonance no mind.


And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that it had left. I might have seen it again if I hadn't turned for that moment. But I wanted the photo, since it looked nice just there. (Well, of course. It looked nice.)


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Well, that's not really true.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

It pays it a great deal of mind. It also invents a word: "qualiscopic". I'm not entirely sure what it was meant to mean. I like it. And the video does have some quality scope (it just keeps going! I forgot all about the last half of it!).— Maybe I want to watch it again. Maybe.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 13 - heh!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like. (My mom would. I could ask her.) It turns out they're a whole genus of flowers, all with three petals, except for when they have four. Like clovers, except I don't think clovers are trilliums.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I found a kind that are native to here, and they're also called a whip-poor-will flower.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always

I remembered today

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 16 - you have 19

I don't recognize the song

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 11 - you have 19


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Is that why it's called that? I bet I could look that up. Maybe later. And what about "sleep"? What does sleep smell like? I don't quite understand that.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Lemongrass and sleep". And maybe it's there for the rhyme. What does it rhyme with? I don't remember the next line.


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that drifts insistent down from the bell tower. That happens too often, for what are meant to be familiar pieces. Sometimes I think without context of the original, the flattish tone of these versions loses something along the way.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The song feels familiar in that way that a new song can— a surprise that makes you change your breathing, stop seeing and listen, feel the world accompanied by the sound.


Always

Always

I don't recognize the song

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 11 - you have 13

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 6 - you have 13


The harmony is warm but

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

quiet behind the melody. I keep walking at the same steady pace, and the can't help but feel the rhythm of the song and mine are related, even if I can't tell how. It's nice.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 33 - an omen!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


The harmony is warm but

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 55 - what are your beliefs ?!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 55 - what are your beliefs ?

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Once in the elementary school lunch room

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

What silent thing had all the children heard,

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


Always

Always


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

A similar thing happened to one of my friends

in their elementary school. But I've heard of no such thing happening in middle or high school. Perhaps we lose the sense for it, when we get older. Perhaps it's only then we need a reason.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 60 - see you!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


The bookshelf

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

in the living room was for old books for adults, so I never paid it much mind, content with the ones in mine or my brother's room and various school libraries and book fairs. Now I am drawn to it. These are books my parents have read, have owned, have decided to keep, some from when they were in college or further.

This prism

The bookshelf

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

would sit by the window, and cast an ocean on the floor. It is behind the picture frames, and I think it has sunk to the bottom where blue is black is everything.


When was it moved here?

This prism

The bookshelf

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

It must have been a long while waiting. And I'm not going to take it out. It is dusty, undisturbed, mingling with the night I don't know how long from now. It stays.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 7 - i like to say hello and welcome you good day that is my name!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I like the idea

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that the secret isn't a secret because no one will say it; but it's secret because hearing it and knowing it are not the same. The very nature of the problem is that anyone will disbelieve: how could this get better? There's no way through!

The moment in

I like the idea

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the video when the colors are set aside, for a moment, that the red edges appear. I know that feeling. I think I seek it out, when I'm like this. Is it nice?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I think

The moment in

I like the idea

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it's called a tresilla, that rhythm. What does it sound like? Could be anything; isn't just.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 5 - dear doctors lɚ,!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window. Black and white, in some pattern resembling stripes that I'm sure has a specific birding name. Or maybe it's just "stripes".

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and take a photo, it hopped just out of view. So when I came back and couldn't see it, I waited.


Always

Always


And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that it had left. I might have seen it again if I hadn't turned for that moment. But I wanted the photo, since it looked nice just there. (Well, of course. It looked nice.)

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 45 - and trust it for a while!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 45 - and trust it for a while

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window. Across the street a car is parked, and on the edge of the roof of the car is the sun, glinting.

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The sun is behind the building. Where could it be reflecting from, that it hits the car and reaches a window in the opposite side? I suppose the shadow isn't complete darkness. Light gets in from somewhere, and one of those places is here.


Always

Always


In a minute

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the brightness recedes. Maybe it's moved to another window, now. Or maybe to see it you had to be just here within a few minutes, and looking the right way. (I wonder if it happens every day.)

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 12).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that drifts insistent down from the bell tower. That happens too often, for what are meant to be familiar pieces. Sometimes I think without context of the original, the flattish tone of these versions loses something along the way.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The song feels familiar in that way that a new song can— a surprise that makes you change your breathing, stop seeing and listen, feel the world accompanied by the sound.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like. (My mom would. I could ask her.) It turns out they're a whole genus of flowers, all with three petals, except for when they have four. Like clovers, except I don't think clovers are trilliums.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I found a kind that are native to here, and they're also called a whip-poor-will flower.


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Is that why it's called that? I bet I could look that up. Maybe later. And what about "sleep"? What does sleep smell like? I don't quite understand that.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Lemongrass and sleep". And maybe it's there for the rhyme. What does it rhyme with? I don't remember the next line.


I knew I'd heard of that before.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

A whippoorwill is a bird. Apparently it's named after the sound it makes. I bet the flower doesn't make that kind of sound. So why is it called that?— I started reading about Scots after that. I don't remember how I got there. If I found out why that silent flower is named for sound, I don't remember.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 20 - red spiders red spiders!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 20 - red spiders red spiders

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


There are others, of course.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"But to her..." might be my favorite. At once all the sadness and links. And there's something about that makes me smile. And why? And why.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always

I don't recognize the song

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 11 - you have 20


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that drifts insistent down from the bell tower. That happens too often, for what are meant to be familiar pieces. Sometimes I think without context of the original, the flattish tone of these versions loses something along the way.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The song feels familiar in that way that a new song can— a surprise that makes you change your breathing, stop seeing and listen, feel the world accompanied by the sound.


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


The harmony is warm but

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

quiet behind the melody. I keep walking at the same steady pace, and the can't help but feel the rhythm of the song and mine are related, even if I can't tell how. It's nice.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 49 - amber or blue?!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


The harmony is warm but

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 4 - draw one!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window. Across the street a car is parked, and on the edge of the roof of the car is the sun, glinting.

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The sun is behind the building. Where could it be reflecting from, that it hits the car and reaches a window in the opposite side? I suppose the shadow isn't complete darkness. Light gets in from somewhere, and one of those places is here.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


In a minute

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the brightness recedes. Maybe it's moved to another window, now. Or maybe to see it you had to be just here within a few minutes, and looking the right way. (I wonder if it happens every day.)

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 7).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 34 - shame inferno: smoky progg!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I forgot about

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the candy in my pocket. It was someone's birthday, I think, and they brought packets to share. That sort of thing is probably harder now that we're in multiple classes over the course of a day. So: weird, but nice.

I won't say no to candy,

I forgot about

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

but I put it in my pocket. I feel weird eating in front of other people, even if they are, too.


Always

Always


I won't say no to candy,

I forgot about

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Now, these colors present an opportunity.

Brown is the root. Green for the fifth. Maybe yellow is the seventh. Blue— something out of key. Augment. Jump a tritone. Anything.

I'll hold on to the blues. Those ones are good to share, I think.

You've gained 1 x Piece of Blue Candy (new total 5).


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always

A bird—

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 1 - you have 7


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window. Black and white, in some pattern resembling stripes that I'm sure has a specific birding name. Or maybe it's just "stripes".

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and take a photo, it hopped just out of view. So when I came back and couldn't see it, I waited.


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that it had left. I might have seen it again if I hadn't turned for that moment. But I wanted the photo, since it looked nice just there. (Well, of course. It looked nice.)

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 52 - do not expect this to be significant to you, but it is significant to me!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


It's only happened to me the once.

What are the chances, I wonder,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Perhaps it's exactly as unlikely as it sounds.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 51 - we meet at last!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

wearing a bright blue raincoat. Have I seen it before? If she turned around, would I recognize the face under that hood?

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I'm no good with faces. (Or maybe that's not true. I always say that I'm bad at faces, and bad at names, but I wonder if I just don't do enough to remember. Do I need to pay more attention? Do I need to use people's names more often? How often do I know someone with no idea from where! But I don't want to guess and be wrong. It would be so terribly rude.)


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


She's turned to say something

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

to the girl next to her. She smiles. No, I don't know her. But the coat is nice. Right now, it could almost be the sky.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 41 - [::-1]!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Probably not.

There's a girl outside

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.


Always

Always


Always

There's a girl outside

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 46 - you have 51

Sometimes I wake up and

Unlocked with 1 x Amber Die  - you have 1; Unlocked with Rambling Mind 51 - you have 51

discover slowly that one of my ears is hearing differently than usual...


Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

discover slowly that one of my ears is hearing differently than usual. My own breathing is amplified, but sounds entering it from the air are turned away. Like when you get on a plane, or off, and there's too much (too little?) pressure in your ears. But no reason.

Is that what

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

an ear infection is like? I never got those when I was younger. Back  when I could go to the doctor, and they'd explain something like this. Yes, you have an ear infection. Fruit juice is forming crystals in you. Your appendix ruptured.

Today it happened in both ears.

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

And I could still hear, but just. So I went through the day and listened carefully, for when I didn't there was noise.

I lay in bed

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and hear at regular intervals a rushing. Not quite regular. Every now and then it seems the tempo is a little faster, a little slower. But the changes are small.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Conversations happen

Today it happened in both ears.

Sometimes I wake up and

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

around me and it takes too long to understand to jump in with an addition, unless it's directed towards me and they wait. But that is not so different. I float in words, and keep mine in me. I listen to the sound of my head.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 30 - a yike or two!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out. I always saw it was blue and never could get the color to change.

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the initial interest of learning about it I wasn't too surprised. Such illusions of color were possible, and this was another one. Still, I had fun showing it to people (though my methods may have biased them).


Always

Always


Then the news

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

came out that the real-life object was, in fact, blue and black. From then on, it wasn't some arbitrary trait or opinion, oh no. You saw it right, or you saw it wrong; and I saw it right from the very beginning, you know. Most people were fooled, but not me. And isn't that so nice and neat?

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 13).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 15 - because seven hundred and eighty-nine!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I can't stop thinking about. Well, rewatching it— I don't know how many times it's been— years since I first saw it— but it gets better every time.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the parts that I didn't much care for the first time around. Like the music, which is strange and dissonant and deliberately so— or at least it deliberately pays its dissonance no mind.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Well, that's not really true.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

It pays it a great deal of mind. It also invents a word: "qualiscopic". I'm not entirely sure what it was meant to mean. I like it. And the video does have some quality scope (it just keeps going! I forgot all about the last half of it!).— Maybe I want to watch it again. Maybe.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that drifts insistent down from the bell tower. That happens too often, for what are meant to be familiar pieces. Sometimes I think without context of the original, the flattish tone of these versions loses something along the way.

I don't recognize the song

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The song feels familiar in that way that a new song can— a surprise that makes you change your breathing, stop seeing and listen, feel the world accompanied by the sound.


Always

Always


Always

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 6 - you have 15

I don't recognize the song

Unlocked with Rambling Mind 11 - you have 15

I have reached a point

Unlocked with 1 x Amber Die  - you have 1You need In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon no more than 5 (you have 7)


Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Is that why it's called that? I bet I could look that up. Maybe later. And what about "sleep"? What does sleep smell like? I don't quite understand that.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"Lemongrass and sleep". And maybe it's there for the rhyme. What does it rhyme with? I don't remember the next line.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


There are others, of course.

But it does have a lovely sound.

Does lemongrass smell like lemon?

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

"But to her..." might be my favorite. At once all the sadness and links. And there's something about that makes me smile. And why? And why.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 38 - it was straight like from a book he once read!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

Rambling Mind 38 - it was straight like from a book he once read

does wonder.

it was straight like from a book he once read:38

Rambling Mind: it was straight like from a book he once read

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window. Across the street a car is parked, and on the edge of the roof of the car is the sun, glinting.

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The sun is behind the building. Where could it be reflecting from, that it hits the car and reaches a window in the opposite side? I suppose the shadow isn't complete darkness. Light gets in from somewhere, and one of those places is here.


Always

Always


In a minute

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the brightness recedes. Maybe it's moved to another window, now. Or maybe to see it you had to be just here within a few minutes, and looking the right way. (I wonder if it happens every day.)

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 8).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 36 - make sure he's ok!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a white contrail tracing through the sky. This one is headed what looks like almost straight up. How does that work? Maybe the plane really is ascending. Or— it's just heading right towards me. (Would that look like upwards?)

I try to imagine the path

Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it takes as three dimensional, with the pointed end closer and the trailing cloud level to the ground. I can't see it. A path on the inside of a sphere, surely, though I know it cannot really be.


That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out. I always saw it was blue and never could get the color to change.

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the initial interest of learning about it I wasn't too surprised. Such illusions of color were possible, and this was another one. Still, I had fun showing it to people (though my methods may have biased them).


As the plane gets closer

I try to imagine the path

Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it appears to move more quickly. I lean into the window, and without it framing my view, the trail looks smaller, somehow. Just a tiny white streak, no matter how close. Mustn't it be huge, to be seen from this far? But the inside of the sphere is not so far. And the plane passes overhead, and the trail is not so long. And it's gone.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Then the news

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

came out that the real-life object was, in fact, blue and black. From then on, it wasn't some arbitrary trait or opinion, oh no. You saw it right, or you saw it wrong; and I saw it right from the very beginning, you know. Most people were fooled, but not me. And isn't that so nice and neat?

You've gained 1 x Singular Perspective (new total 9).

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 8 - i hope yuo!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


It's only happened to me the once.

What are the chances, I wonder,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Perhaps it's exactly as unlikely as it sounds.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window. Black and white, in some pattern resembling stripes that I'm sure has a specific birding name. Or maybe it's just "stripes".

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and take a photo, it hopped just out of view. So when I came back and couldn't see it, I waited.


Always

Always

I was watching a video the other day

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And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that it had left. I might have seen it again if I hadn't turned for that moment. But I wanted the photo, since it looked nice just there. (Well, of course. It looked nice.)

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 29 - arthropod !!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I can't stop thinking about. Well, rewatching it— I don't know how many times it's been— years since I first saw it— but it gets better every time.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the parts that I didn't much care for the first time around. Like the music, which is strange and dissonant and deliberately so— or at least it deliberately pays its dissonance no mind.


Always

Always


Well, that's not really true.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

It pays it a great deal of mind. It also invents a word: "qualiscopic". I'm not entirely sure what it was meant to mean. I like it. And the video does have some quality scope (it just keeps going! I forgot all about the last half of it!).— Maybe I want to watch it again. Maybe.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

we (I sat with friends back then) had a lull in our conversation, and at the same time every other table went quiet. Over the course of about ten seconds, we all realized there was no particular reason we'd hushed, and the usual susurrous hum returned.

It's empty.

that made them whisper, made them fumble for a word, gave them pause long enough to notice everyone else was too? What sort of presence were we under?

What are the chances, I wonder,

It's empty.

of a pause occurring simultaneously in many parallel conversations? How noticeable does the dip in volume need to be, and how long must it last, for people to think something's going on; that people have quieted for a reason?


A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a tiny little thing— landed just outside my window. Black and white, in some pattern resembling stripes that I'm sure has a specific birding name. Or maybe it's just "stripes".

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and take a photo, it hopped just out of view. So when I came back and couldn't see it, I waited.


It's only happened to me the once.

What are the chances, I wonder,

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

Perhaps it's exactly as unlikely as it sounds.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


And it was a slow feeling

As I went to get my tablet,

A bird—

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that it had left. I might have seen it again if I hadn't turned for that moment. But I wanted the photo, since it looked nice just there. (Well, of course. It looked nice.)

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 21 - thank you!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Always

Always


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

a white contrail tracing through the sky. This one is headed what looks like almost straight up. How does that work? Maybe the plane really is ascending. Or— it's just heading right towards me. (Would that look like upwards?)

I try to imagine the path

Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it takes as three dimensional, with the pointed end closer and the trailing cloud level to the ground. I can't see it. A path on the inside of a sphere, surely, though I know it cannot really be.


I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I wanted to look up Trilliums, because I don't know what one looks like. (My mom would. I could ask her.) It turns out they're a whole genus of flowers, all with three petals, except for when they have four. Like clovers, except I don't think clovers are trilliums.

I remembered today

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

I found a kind that are native to here, and they're also called a whip-poor-will flower.


As the plane gets closer

I try to imagine the path

Out the window I see

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

it appears to move more quickly. I lean into the window, and without it framing my view, the trail looks smaller, somehow. Just a tiny white streak, no matter how close. Mustn't it be huge, to be seen from this far? But the inside of the sphere is not so far. And the plane passes overhead, and the trail is not so long. And it's gone.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 45 - and trust it for a while!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In the Grey Hours of the Afternoon

I learned a lot about the way of things.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Paper Frog

A green frog, folded from a sticky note. It jumps.

Amber Die

Smells like— well, like amber. Like rosining.

Blue Paper Frog

I read once that frogs can fall from the sky with the rain, and that people had seen it happen for a long time before anyone knew how they got up there.

Tablet in a Blue Case

I have often thought it stands out too much from the grey-and-black that is the norm.

Singular Perspective

I imagine a ray travelling outward, and bouncing off every thing.

Blue Lens

How often can you look through this and see the same color?

Treasure Hunt Clue

It's numbered, so I know this is not the first. It looks like only this was never found. (I think.)

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?

Piece of Blue Candy

I don't think the color corresponds to any particular flavor. Not this time.

Illustrated Book

The size makes it very intimidating, but much of the story is told in full-page illustrations. It's a perfectly manageable amount of text.

Storm-Blue Sky

Maybe what you're looking for just happens to be far away from here. Maybe.

Bright Blue Envelope

Looks like it's addressed to someone else.


Always

Always

I was watching a video the other day

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I remembered today

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Always

Always

That dress

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is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out...


Always

Always


I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

that I can't stop thinking about. Well, rewatching it— I don't know how many times it's been— years since I first saw it— but it gets better every time.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the parts that I didn't much care for the first time around. Like the music, which is strange and dissonant and deliberately so— or at least it deliberately pays its dissonance no mind.


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


Well, that's not really true.

I find I like, now,

I was watching a video the other day

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

It pays it a great deal of mind. It also invents a word: "qualiscopic". I'm not entirely sure what it was meant to mean. I like it. And the video does have some quality scope (it just keeps going! I forgot all about the last half of it!).— Maybe I want to watch it again. Maybe.

An occurrence! Your 'Rambling Mind' Quality is now 57 - see me after class!


Under Amber Skies

One day the world is a different color.

In Search of Good Weather

The skies' fallings.

Rambling Mind

does wonder.

The Golden Hour

Three. Three? Three.

Blue Umbrella

Is it raining?


The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

and the sun low, so its shadow covers most of the view out the window. Across the street a car is parked, and on the edge of the roof of the car is the sun, glinting.

How does that work?

The building is tall

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

The sun is behind the building. Where could it be reflecting from, that it hits the car and reaches a window in the opposite side? I suppose the shadow isn't complete darkness. Light gets in from somewhere, and one of those places is here.


Always

Always


Always

The building is tall

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That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

is long discussion died and explained away, but even when I first heard of it there were those who were already tired and acted annoyed when it was brought up, as I found out. I always saw it was blue and never could get the color to change.

I think beyond

That dress

A Café on Gardner Street

It's empty.

the initial interest of learning about it I wasn't too surprised. Such illusions of color were possible, and this was another one. Still, I had fun showing it to people (though my methods may have biased them).