afternoon walk with r. the snow was deeper. i think we saw three birds. one robin drinking from the hole in the ice of the pond of the japanese garden where the water pumps so the koi don't freeze. two loose dogs, type terrier, the dogman unfriendly and the dogs growled and dogman says leave it! not sorry, not hello. one skier we deftly avoided. thinking before there are so many things to fear, it may be more wise anyway to enumerate the things we don't fear, and add to it from day to day. that goes for sorrow, too, there's a lot to feel sad about, so that no room might be left for joy, that's where i am today, and maybe i need to count the lighter things that give light, the hours of sun, even diffused in the atmosphere, increasing minutely. the snowflakes shaped like stars float down slowly, showing wonder can be tiny, crystalline, and light on us walking.