5 questions about the summer you’re actually having

5 questions about the summer you’re actually having

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your summer doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.

somewhere in the middle of it, summer starts to feel like something you’re being graded on. did you go anywhere. did you make the most of it. did it look like summer.

there’s another one running underneath. the ordinary one — a warm evening on the way home, a swim you almost skipped, three unremarkable tuesdays in a row. it doesn’t photograph well. ==it’s still yours==.

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five questions for the summer you’re actually having. no right answers, ((nothing to prove)).

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if I set the pretty version aside: three small, honest details of my summer so far? — a handful of ripe figs, held over warm asphalt

if I had full permission this season, what would I do or stop doing? — someone in a field at sunset, holding a small bunch of daisies

what does summer feel like on my skin right now? — a swimmer resting in the sea at dusk, eyes closed

what did I love about summer as a kid? and what of that is still mine? — a few wild strawberries in an open palm, above summer grass

what would help me enjoy this summer, gently and honestly? — a veridē journal, a pen and an iced matcha on a cafe window ledge

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save it for a slow evening. one question or all — now, or whenever it feels true. 🤍

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