https://owntheleap.com/tags/work-rhythms/Recent content in Work Rhythms on Own The LeapHugoen-usSun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://owntheleap.com/posts/the-last-august/Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://owntheleap.com/posts/the-last-august/<p>Sunday.</p> <p>I talked to my mother at eleven. Fourteen minutes, maybe fifteen. I didn&rsquo;t time it. She asked about the kids, I asked about her neighbor with the hip situation, we circled back to the weather, and she mentioned that August is ending the way you do when you&rsquo;re in Illinois and you know what September means.</p> <p>We said goodbye. I set the phone down.</p> <p>What I noticed: there was nothing to manage. Before she knew, every Sunday call had a shape to it I was holding carefully. I knew what I was not saying. Now I&rsquo;m not not-saying anything. We are just two people who talk on Sundays.</p>