04/03/23 Han’s Weather Photo and Back to Braiding

I told Han that I was getting back into the habit of my posts, and she was delighted. “Take a picture today!” she said as she jumped out of the car at drop-off.

Welp, I told her I would, didn’t I?

“Pretty!” says the 7-yr old, while the mailman says “Eugh.”

Along with that was a startling but familiar activity while we had dinner with my mother: without preamble, mom started braiding my hair.

“It’s long enough that you pretty much have to braid it,” she said, “or it’s going to just going to be messy.”

Damn, it’s been a minute since this happened.

During my extremely brief stint in college, I used to braid my hair in the morning. I never got the hang of it, but I could get to at least be comfortable. Guess I need to look up YouTube videos and teach myself all over again. Or maybe Han will try.

(There will be so many knots in my hair if I let her, but she’ll learn by practice)

But there’s mail to move, Kung Fu forms to practice, and a session to prepare for in the next day. Meanwhile, I can agonize over how to set up donations and subscriber content on this site. That’s a whole new anxiety, and that’s what life needs at my age: new experiences!

Stay safe out there, readers.

-JB Swift

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Author: Jacob Swift

Swift is a US Postman, writer, RPG player, husband, and father, based in a small town in Louisiana. After ten years of not seeking publication, he’s decided to try again. In the meantime, he works a manual labor job and cares for his family. This blog site is a spot for him to put his notes and thoughts down, as well as brag about his family’s accomplishments.

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