sweet albert. i'm relieved that you are not an experimental dog in a dark laboratory in north carolina. there's a difference between thinking about things in order to understand and worry. i'll bring the keffiyeh today, that's thinking about peace and connection. also concern is different than worry. mom was always worried, even when she laughed oddly at unfunny things, she couldn't banish the ghosts she could not abide. i'm concerned about mom, not worried, for what happens is what we are given and what we create.