I am, but I wish to be

Piermont Pier, January 2022

Jan 8, 2022.

I am;

But

I wish to be.

So often we hear the words, "I am — I wish to be" as I am and I wish to be. Yet there’s a different way to read this.

As I sit here this morning at 5 a.m., on a cold morning of 21°F, I’ve already been awake for an hour. Our black cat Marlowe, who has perhaps one single white hair somewhere on hi…