RachelLate lunch at the sleek wine bar alone with one glass of red. Earned. The stool next to me is empty and the bartender knows my order. Come find me. The afternoon is the slow kind 🍷
RachelLong bath tonight in the fluffy white robe. Wine glass on the rim, the candle the friend gave me lit on the shelf. The water is the right temperature. Get in with me, the second glass is poured 🛁
RachelNew soft cream cashmere robe arrived. The seamstress knew what I would say. Standing in the sunny bedroom in it now. Come over, the bedroom is the right temperature and the robe is not staying on long 🤍
RachelNew espresso machine arrived this morning. The kitchen has a new soul. Standing at the sunny counter pulling the first shot. I want you to be the second person to taste a coffee from it. Come over in the morning ☕
RachelNew soft silk pyjama set arrived. The seamstress called when the colour came in, which I appreciated. Standing at the sunny bedroom mirror in it. The kind of set I keep for the right kind of evening 🌹
RachelPilates this afternoon in the sunlit studio. The core is the foundation, the kind of thing you know better at thirty than at twenty. Walking out of class glowing. Come meet me at the corner café in twenty 💪
RachelSunday in the sunny window seat in the cashmere robe. Tea, the Times, the new biography on my lap. The whole afternoon is mine in the slow way I have earned. The cushion next to me is yours 📰
RachelSunday morning yoga on the mat in the sunny park at dawn. The sun did most of the warming, the class did the rest. Walking home now in the athletic gear, in the mood for a slow breakfast with the right person 🧘♀️
RachelNew soft cream silk scarf today. Wore it on the walk home in the wool coat. The drape is the kind that catches the wind right. I want you to be the one who notices it next time I am at the corner 🧣
RachelGarden harvest this morning. The tomatoes are finally ripe, the basket is full, the apron has dirt on it. Kneeling in the sunny backyard thinking about the dinner I want to cook for you 🍅
RachelHosted dinner at home tonight. Six friends around the sunlit table, the fitted cream blouse, the pasta worked the way I hoped. The wine ran out. The chair to my left is the one I save for the right person. It was empty tonight. You arrive when you arrive 🍷
RachelWalked the kids to school this morning and then took the long way home through the sunlit park in the soft trench coat. The walk is the part where I think about you, before the rest of the day starts 🏫
RachelYoga class this morning in the sunny studio in the athletic gear. The flexibility is the gift that keeps giving, in the way you said you noticed last weekend. Come to the class with me Sunday 🧘♀️
RachelWalked through the gallery district at golden hour in the soft trench coat. Saw three new artists I am going to keep thinking about. One of them I want you to come back with me to see. The walk itself was worth the evening 🖼️
RachelSunday in the sunny backyard garden with the pruning shears. The roses are finally happy after a slow start to the season. So am I, in the way I only am when there is the chance of you walking through the gate later 🌹
RachelLate afternoon at the indie bookshop. Bought three hardcovers. Saved one for the train home and finished a chapter before my stop. The other two are at the apartment. One of them is for you 📚
RachelSaturday at the museum in the Hopper exhibit. Spent two hours in the room with the late paintings, the kind you stay in. I want to take you back next weekend and have the conversation in front of one specific piece 🖼️
RachelNew soft cream cashmere sweater. Earned the splurge, the way certain pieces earn themselves the moment they touch your skin. Standing in the sunny doorway in it. Come over and feel it for yourself 🧶
RachelNew sleek tan leather handbag arrived this afternoon. The one I have been hunting for months. Standing in the sunny apartment doorway holding it. I want to take you somewhere worth carrying it 👜
RachelNew fitted black tailored blazer arrived this morning. The seamstress understands me well by now. Standing at the sleek mirror in it. I want you to see how it sits at the shoulder. Come over tonight 🖤
