i think i'm allergic to colorado. even when i am here less than 24 hours i get a weird splotchy rash on my arms. the rash stays for weeks and comes in less than a day. my skin becomes alligator-like under slatherings of lotion, my lips are dry and cracked. i think i'm allergic to colorado.

today my hands sifted through many lifetimes. passing through these palms today were thousands and thousands of photos, and so many more than that. generations of my family. great great great's to our newest judah boy. all the photos that my mom has in her home passed through my hands today. i laughed and cried sitting alone sorting, pulling out of old albums, filing away, barely having a chance to look. laughing and crying all by myself was really nice. it felt good. both.