April 2025

remember the part in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory after Charlie relinquishes the everlasting gobstopper that was promised to secure a life of comfort and abundance for his family, and Gene Wilder's hand wraps around the candy on the edge of the desk after he just *berated* this young child (in front of his grandparent, no less) for stealing fizzy lifting drinks and now they have to sanitize the ceiling?

"so shines a good deed in a weary world," he said.

as of april 1, 2025 it has been 1,336 days since i've had a fizzy lifting drink of any kind, and though the world may often feel weary, these things you create shine brightly for me.

click on the tiles below, count to three. enter that world of pure imagination.