Yours, Lindsay

Yours, Lindsay

Yours, Lindsay

For women who've lost the thread of themselves.

You eat standing at the counter, out of the pan

You feed everyone properly. You graze.

Sep 30, 2026

You eat standing at the counter, out of the pan

You have never written the other column down

Three entries. No achievements required.

Sep 29, 2026

You have never written the other column down

You have been counting the wrong column all year

Maintenance never shows up on a ledger.

Sep 28, 2026

You have been counting the wrong column all year

You have about two weeks of apples left

Two weeks of this, and then it is gone until next year.

Sep 25, 2026

You have about two weeks of apples left

You are allowed to be cold to them

Polite is enough. Warm is optional.

Sep 24, 2026

You are allowed to be cold to them

You used to have a favorite season

Ask her what she prefers and she asks what you prefer.

Sep 23, 2026

You used to have a favorite season

You are allowed sixty seconds of weather

Not a walk. Not exercise. Just standing there.

Sep 22, 2026

You are allowed sixty seconds of weather

You have stopped noticing the season

Look up. It is doing something remarkable out there.

Sep 21, 2026

You have stopped noticing the season

Fifteen minutes under the sky

No equipment, no knowledge, no drive required.

Sep 18, 2026

Fifteen minutes under the sky

You have not kept a thought in years

An inner life is not the same as a secret.

Sep 17, 2026

You have not kept a thought in years

The scent that meant you

People knew you had arrived before they saw you.

Sep 16, 2026

The scent that meant you

You have never taken the whole one

Yesterday you noticed the reflex. Today you interrupt it.

Sep 15, 2026

You have never taken the whole one

You always take the broken one

The cookie does not matter. The reflex does.

Sep 14, 2026

You always take the broken one

You are allowed to walk past the famous one

Twenty minutes on one painting, straight past forty others.

Sep 11, 2026

You are allowed to walk past the famous one

The house is never yours alone

Not away from them. Alone, here, in your own space.

Sep 10, 2026

The house is never yours alone

The joke you thought of and swallowed

You had a sense of humor that was recognisably yours.

Sep 9, 2026

The joke you thought of and swallowed

You have not imagined your own future in years

Five minutes. A particular street, the shoes, what you are about to eat.

Sep 8, 2026

You have not imagined your own future in years

Your horizon is Thursday

You used to daydream in years. Now you plan in weeks.

Sep 7, 2026

Your horizon is Thursday

You have about a week of warm water left

There is about a week of this left.

Sep 4, 2026

You have about a week of warm water left

The woman who agreed to that is gone

People hold you to a version of you that expired.

Sep 3, 2026

The woman who agreed to that is gone

The thing you loved too loudly

Somewhere you learned that caring hard was silly.

Sep 2, 2026

The thing you loved too loudly

A fresh page and a good pen

Under ten dollars, and it does something real.

Sep 1, 2026

A fresh page and a good pen

The notebooks are out again

You have run twenty Septembers. None of them were yours.

Aug 31, 2026

The notebooks are out again

You have been driving the same four roads

Same destination. Completely different road.

Aug 28, 2026

You have been driving the same four roads

You have not been a beginner in twenty years

The fear is not failing. It is being seen learning.

Aug 27, 2026

You have not been a beginner in twenty years