Oh, To Have Just One Day

How good it would be to have a deliberate day. It could be any day of a random week, or it could be a holiday. It would be better to plan it ahead a bit so as to enjoy its approach, anticipate its imminent arrival. We could savor it even before it arrives.

It would start with a comfortable morning routine. We would create the comfort, because it’s too chilly in the house when it’s time to get up. The first self-serving chore is to build a fire in the stove. I knew the day was coming, so there is plenty of cardboard, tiny sticks, pine cones, medium sticks, and different sizes of split firewood ready to go beside the stove. With the right materials, a cheerful blaze begins almost immediately. Draw the comfortable chairs up close and gaze at the flames that make the sticks crackle. One of us settles in with a throw over the lap.