On This Day

April 6, 2025

On this day, it rained and rained and rained. A preacher told his congregation to put down their stones because we’ve all sinned.

Brooms, knives, a cat carrier, a Christmas tree, and a bag of garden soil were half-off on the last day of an estate sale. There were hats: Alabama and Army Veteran. A blood pressure cuff and a daily pill organizer A whiteboard divided into days: bath day was Monday and Thursday; Nurse Allie came on Tuesday and Friday. There were guitar songbooks by Spanish and Italian composers. There was also A Year to Live with advice for living this year as if it were your last. The opening page read:

Remember, friends, as you pass by,

As you are now, so once was I.

As I am now, so you must be.

Prepare yourself to follow me.

-Common eighteenth-century epitaph

All on this day.