This day has dawned strangely: with an invitation to apply for a job, with the cat begging to wear his harness, with a son getting out of bed without being prodded.

Today, the first official work day of the new year, will also be my first day alone at "home." I hope to accomplish many things, and also to discover what those many things might be. Some of them will be duties. I wish that some of them could be seeing.