The Re-Entry

We are back now, and it’s always a surprise that this implausible place is home. We arrived yesterday afternoon after a month away. It was apparently dry and windy here during our absence, and the hills look tired and brown, but this morning, a thick layer of fog had drifted in, and we woke up in a cloud. My mind is muddled and I’m still in that weird transitional state, and I don’t know why I am even attempting to write. I guess it’s just a way of reorienting myself, or of pretending to be doing something. I have a long, ambitious list of tasks and commitments that I was going to dive into promptly upon return, but I have absolutely no desire or ability to take any of it on right now.