Today, Sparkle Fairy and I wandered around Porter Square. We had breakfast, then did some shopping, stopping first at a natural foods and goods store, then at a funky little book store which featured a cafe complete with vegetarian sandwiches. I watched my daughter scarf down a sandwich filled with arugula, tomato, and avocado, smiling at her aversion to most forms of meat, an aversion we largely share. Artsy crunchy people are my people and it was refreshing to be in an environment so full of these types of people, with resources I love close by. There are people like this in Florida, but it's a different scene altogether.
As we walked to the subway with my Mom later, I noticed that the air had cooled a bit, carrying with it the promise of autumn. It's late summer here and soon the weather will be tinged with a crispness, worthy of sweaters and big soft blankets. Back in Florida, it will still be hot in October, a fact I liked when I first moved to the state but have tired of after too many years of living in the southeast. I'm weary of the bugs, the heat, the hurricanes, and the absence of people like my best friend of twenty five years, who lives here in MA. I'm tired of living in a place that has never been my home the way that this place is.
I'm enjoying it as much as I can.
