“His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own words like baits and lures.”

“I put my whole mentality to it, nothing held back.”

—Erdrich, Love Medicine

I am thinking my way, very hard, as hard as I can. It looks like baking imperfect croissants, head exploding emojis + lotsa sugar.