Susan sorts out household things,arranging the shelves in her attic office, repairing an old table to put plants on, going to the hot springs in Kalath after 10 months, Covid situation getting better in general, going to Sonali’s house, making a cake for Jamyang’s birthday/Tibetan New Year and watching Susan’s movie, ‘Journey to Maratika’, Alexi’s friend in Kathmandu dies, finding out he was also a relative of Jamyang’s, Susan talks about this being her ‘black year’ and all the black years she’s been through in her life.
