Nightfall

A small loaf of bread sits on the board

Butter. Cheese. A knife.

Casual randomness guides their placement

It is the only space of order in my kitchen.

Creating Space: Three Months of Showing Up for What's Showing Up is a daily writing practice. Turns out that a lot of this writing explores the landscape of grief. My mother died shortly before I began this writing, and this is what I'm thinking about most of the time these days.

Katherine Cartwright has been blogging since 2012, and each year brings new wonders. She asks big questions of the small things in life.