On This Day

April 2, 2025

On this day, a cardinal sang on a power line-red body against the blue sky. Mosquitoes and snakes returned, and pollen was swept from porch screens.  A bike with a tire pump on the front and a duct-taped seat leaned against an interstate median, and a gold hoverboard was left at a park.

Human clothes and puppets were loaded into a theater for a Sesame Street show.

Messages of “We love you Jan” and “Praying 4 Jan” were written in chalk on a sidewalk to cheer a friend who had seizures and a brain bleed. A heart waited for a valve transplant; the doctors called it severe. A woman ordered a salted lemon mocha. Her first child, Ruby, arrives in June.

A shirt in a Sam’s line reads: “Dear person behind me, the world is a better place with you in it. Lots of love, the person in front of you.”

All on this day.