The Salo(o)n

Time it takes to write a letter of resignation compared to time spent in the position: 1:43,200

Number of days it takes a person’s smell to fade from a pillow: 8

Number of seconds it takes a true Samurai to make any decision, good or bad: 6

Number of seconds it takes the mind to find its way from any given thought to someone it would rather be considering: fewer

Time before the mind recognizes whether creating that train of thought was a good or a bad decision: maybe never

Pairs of shoes in my closet that have been with me for over 10 years: 4

Length of time a certain sight or sound or sensation or season is associated with a specific person or experience: indeterminate

The smell of cottonwood buds seems to have a particular tenacity.

Number of bottles of wine in/on my fridge earmarked for specific gullets, destinies as yet unrealized: 2

Amount of music a person can breathe, swallow, swim in and grab hold of in the course of a lifetime: i'll let you know

New life starts in my house this year: 1 baby, 1 raccoon, 8 conceptual, 1 for the house itself, + untold numbers of mice, spiders, fruit flies, and eyebrow mites