Status Updates From Okay for Now

Love the sarcastic “Terrific.”

“Angry Quiet was an old friend, and he moved in again. No one talked because we all wanted to scream.”

“Meeting, even though you might be headed in different directions”

“Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he’s still proud and beautiful. His head is high, and he’s got this sharp beak that’s facing out to the world. He’s okay for now.”

“He’s about to push off, and he knows what he’s getting into, but he does it anyway, calm and smooth…he’s going to step into the middle of the picture, where he should be, with the light in back of him and the dark ahead. His whole world is waiting for him to do that.”

“‘There’s no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.’”

“‘Do you think you’re going to be happy here?’
…’here as anywhere.’”

“All I had to do was get my father to listen. But I picked a wrong day. Because there aren’t any right days.”