a celebration

02.03.2026

S: I celebrated a significant milestone in my relationship today.

A: What did you do?

S: A drink together. Holding hands. A journey together. Kissing lips and hands and necks and cheeks. Feeling bodies. Talking, joking. Looking into each other’s eyes. Planning time together. Planning the future together.

A: And the rest of the day?

S: A million different things at work. Before work, weights, meditation, chi building, a shave. On the commute, reading newspapers and a book about botany and history. Listening to Hindi film music. Shopping for lunch, which was Spanish rice, salad and mackerel in tomato sauce. At lunchtime, walking to the Oxfam bookshop at Holborn and buying art prints and browsing books. Messaging a friend from a war torn country. After work, that date, then language learning on the journey home in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Spanish, French and German. German being the new addition, although I remember a fair bit from school. Reading articles about psychology.

A: And next?

S: Reading a French novel by Stendhal, ‘The Red and the Black’.

A: A day of much.

S: My days are much in these days. Life has retained its business and acquired happiness. After all, it is about time.