A Summer Manifesto

5 dates, one week, (re)Cognition summer

Hi all <3

I'm writing to you from my neighborhood restaurant. I used to come in here a couple of times a week. They noticed when I stopped drinking because I stopped coming in as often. But, in the spirit of Joan Didion, I picked the bottle back up and am writing with a bev.

I'm sitting at the bar. I love sitting at the bar, even if I'm not drinking. One …