First on her list, she writes: NO MORE SOCIAL MEDIA! She wonders if she can really abandon Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and all the other distractions. What will she do with her time?
She wanders through the house, then opens the living room window. A brisk April breeze blows in, like a guest from a foreign land. Outside, in the leafless maple, a warbler tweets exuberantly, as if it’s the first day of spring.