Today is Thursday. It is an essay writing day.

There is a particular irony to this photo that I didn't catch until now. These Okanagan-bought cherries, as delicious as they may look, have been the site of a fruit fly invasion in the past two days. In all of my brilliance, I thought "I'm writing on this horrific book while eating cherries. I should post a picture of them together."

The cherries soothe my academic exhaustion and remind me that summer is sweet, even with the flies.