July 14, 2023:

Oh Lily I'm so afraid.
Yes.

I feel that life has blown a great big hole through me.
Yes.

Child, you must protect yourself.
Yes.

You can protect yourself with fire.
Yes.

Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire

Yes.

July 13, 2023:

I can't work here. Not in summer.

The spirit is eager, the flesh is heated to two hundred degrees, while tube-driven guitar amps and studio gear add twenty-five more beyond that.

It'll have to wait for winter.

That's okay. We're good. Assuming fire season passes safely.

July 12, 2023:

I can work here.

Cables, microphones, guitar amps. Slung over couches, running down hallways. The house is now the studio.

I love it so much.