maintenance is hard - by Nix 🕊 - starting from nix
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on things that last
In Memory of Memory by Jess Allen I buy pastel colored flowers every two weeks, pour fresh water in daily. Watch them sit on my table counter, trap the afternoon light, slowly droop and wither. My room goes through cycles of renewal: the saturday morning deep clean — espresso and gloves and 4 different sprays. The mid-week slump. The end-of-week disarray. Then I do it all over again. The cycle opens. It closes. Spring or solstice, I witness signs of things ending. Groceries dwindle. The days get longer. Do you care a lot about maintenance? I always have. I care about consistency, I crave…
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