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Jalál (Glory), 7 Jamál (Beauty) 176 B.E. - Saturday, May 4, 2019

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PROMPT: Stand outside for two minutes. Make a list of ten things you can smell, ten things you can hear, and ten things you can feel.

With the exception of people, emergency responders, and cars going the wrong way down a one-way street, it's difficult to find ten of anything. It's Saturday and no one is airing their dirty laundry in the street, so thing appear to be fairly peaceful.

Ten Things I Can Smell

1. Coffee.
2. An occasional whiff of Marijuana. It's cool enough for everyone to keep their doors open, so sometimes I detect some odd aromas.
3. Cars that need some work done on their engines or whatever.
4. Some passer by wearing too much perfume.

That's the limit of what I can smell.

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Ten Things I Can Hear

1. Buzz saw. Some of the property managers are ren0vating the apartments so that they can raise the rent.
2. Music.
3. Gate slamming.
4. Distant train. At least, I think its a train. This is something we hear every Saturday morning.
5. Car door slam.
6. Cars going too fast down Sunrise Avenue.
8. Dogs barking at nothing specific.
9. Traffic noise, either from the express way or Eastern Avenue. I can never tell which direction these noise come from.
10. People talking (not shouting) as the walk toward Eastern Avenue. They could be talking on their smartphones.

Ten Things I Can Feel

1. Happy that it's Saturday.
2. Hungry, so I think I'll warm up t he spaghetti in the microwave.
3. Rested. I slept well last night.
4. Worried about my sister who tends to go into deep depressions.
5. Warm. The sun is shining.
9. Curious. Birds keep walking back and forth in front of my apartment, as if they are looking for something or someone. Eventually they go to another apartment and do the same thing.
7. Slight breeze caresses my arms.
8. Irritated at myself because I took my blood pressure pill later than normal.
9. Sneezing because of the olive tree.
10. Impatient because I have work to do.