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Author: Yoshua Reece

City breakfast

City breakfast

My favorite place to eat breakfast is _________. I need a ___ to give me ___. My favorite place to eat breakfast is at the community center. I like it here because  it doesn’t matter who you are. I need a burrito to give me energy. When I go to sleep I’m looking forward to city breakfast.

Kangaroo rat

Kangaroo rat

Teach me a word in your language. I think a lot about ______. I am like a kangaroo rat. Under a hat, hiding from the sun. Rain-fed, walking down the ditch. On my way home to my cactus.

Self storage

Self storage

Breathing helps with ________. Do you have plans for tomorrow? Lately I’ve been coming to this park. In the early morning the sun is warm on my back. Lucky them they have a place to store themselves. Lucky me I don’t need or want that.

Hot rice sock

Hot rice sock

What does ‘long day’ mean? How was your day? Have you read Harry Potter? I borrowed this children’s book from the library. I’m not totally sure what this book is about. I need to lie down for a little bit. The hot rice sock warms my back so my muscles relax. I focused on my happiest thought. Expecto patronum!

Lost in thought

Lost in thought

What do you think about without trying? What 1 thing would you take to live alone on an island oasis? I’m going to the hardware store to buy a light bulb. I was walking down the path and getting lost in my thoughts. I was thinking about building an Earthship. I forgot to buy the lightbulb.

Little cloud park

Little cloud park

I would walk 500 miles just to ________. Where can you go that is quiet? Is it far? Today we went to little cloud park. The park is located at the farthest corner of the city. Because it is far, not many people go there. We let Sora wander without a leash on.

Community garden

Community garden

Do you have space at home to grow plants? What can you grow? I share _____ with my community. This is the Rio Grande community garden. Anyone can grow food here.  You can rent a space. The community billboard has information, including some rules. This is a shared space, so let’s be respectful and follow the rules.

Happy nails

Happy nails

Do you miss any place? When did you get here? I can’t adjust to being back. Who can even understand I have somewhere else. Early mornings we’re unpacking boxes of coffee, syrup, cups. Inside and outside, i am in different places.  Like I’m not really here.

Out early

Out early

What time did you get up? What would you have done? I woke up at 4:45am to go to work.  I drove in the dark. I thought I was scheduled to work at 6:15am.  But really it was 10:00am. So I had a donut and coffee, and  then I came here to the community farm. It felt nice out so early.  Having time and no rush.  It was a peaceful morning.

Pumpkin eater

Pumpkin eater

What did you do today? Do you ride a bicycle? There are 30 days of Autumn remaining.  The weather has suddenly gotten colder. Trees are changing colors. Fast food is not the American diet.  Corn, beans, squash is. Pumpkin pie was invented here.