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another take on day 3 (Paw)!

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a rocky, tree-lined mountaintop with a giant cat sleeping nestled between two of the distant peaks. a few silhouetted birds fly overhead. /end i.d.]

July 30th, 2024 | Went back to Cambridge for a lovely Summer weekend catching up with friends and falling in love again with my former home away from home 🌻

A couple years ago, I was staying with a friend for New Year’s and we’d decided to drive down to this adorable strip of locally-owned small business shops and check them out. The bakery was particularly crowded and since I wasn’t planning to buy anything, I waited outside. It’d been snowing, and since moving I’d picked up a “Californian-experiences-true-midwest-winter-for-the-first-time” habit of making at least one (1) tiny snowman every opportunity I get

so I built a little snowman on one of the small tables on this strip. 

after about three minutes of cramming ice together, I hear, “Do you want espresso beans for the eyes?” and I turn around and there’s this gal leaning precariously far out the window of her coffee shop, surrounded by her coworkers, holding out her hand and said espresso beans.

I think of those strangers often. just the thought of them all looking out the window to see this random stranger on the corner in the snow building a tiny snowman and deciding to join in, make it special for no other reason than that they wanted to. people are so, so precious and I’m never going to forget that moment.

most unstable girl you know: i need to get a masters degree