All you need is...

Have you ever accidentally said "Love you!" at the end of a business call? I've absent-mindedly done it a handful of times in my life and it's mortifying, even though it really should just be something humorous to laugh about.

It just now happened to a vendor who I was ordering supplies from on the phone. The conversation ended with me saying "Okay, thanks much!" and her saying "Okay, love you!" Then a brief awkward silence before she hung right up. I could just feel the ohmygod waves through the phone.

But, I guess it's nice to know that when that happens, it means the person has someone(s) in their life who they say "I love you" to often enough that it's become second nature.

Home

I just took a glorious pumpkin pie out of the oven. The whole apartment, every last hidey-hole and nook, smells of nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and a rogue pinch of finely powdered black pepper.

The world is a fascinating and enormous place, and I adore exploring its diverse reaches when I have that luxury. But there are moments...hours... when at home is exactly the destination I luxuriate in.