Last night Alison and I watched 'Empire Falls' on HBO. In piecing together collected childhood memories, the lead character finds himself compelled to make changes in his own character. That's only a sub-plot of course, but I thought, "well, if my memory worked that well, I would replay stuff to figure out what 'really happened' too." And Penny and I have talked about this lately: I don't remember anything from our childhoods. Just things I've told myself happened. But then I thought about remembering. Now I think that's for the best. My recorder didn't work until I was ready for it. If it's even working now. I still have a touch of oblivious.
Alison and I made a few changes around the house in the last few days. We put away spring and summer decorations, and brought out our autumn 'novelties.' Then today we went and bought some new pillows for the couches, a new floor lamp, and I converted the trunk that I originally built as a coffee table into an actual coffee table. (It was way too big for the last year) Small changes make a big difference sometimes. It feels a lot more comfortable in our living room right now. All new.
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