What a relaxing day! I truly needed it. What's wrong with being alone? After a week of intense socializing, I enjoyed ME-time. Best to do certain things solo like having a John Prine YouTube music binge and reading world news while Skyping faraway friends.

The Librairie Avant-Garde Bookstore in Nanjing captivated my eye this afternoon with a postcard of Jimmy Dean and a pig in addition to the following words on the cover of a journal.

LOVE IN MY DREAMS
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal,
There is no secure direction;
Without direction, there is no life.



Father forgive us for what we must do
You forgive us we'll forgive you
We'll forgive each other till we both turn blue
Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven.

- John Prine, Bruised Orange