Embarrassed to say

After more than a week of no sugar and no caffeine, I find myself light and airy and energetic. I suggest to each of those, determined to take life lightly, to first sacrifice. Those things that we most enjoy can be our greatest burden.

The moth is hanging on my window screen, desparate for shelter from the rain.

Even the smartest creatures of creation, ignore their inner divinity at moments to take a step into undetermined territory. Sometimes, it is to their end. And sometimes, miracles happen.

Blessings abound.

Today

A willow in the sunshine is a beautiful thing.

It was a young tree, the leaves blooming in the early spring day...were they green? Yellow? Both? Neither? With the stolid green of the grass as a backdrop, it looked for all the world like a bright child cradled in the weather-worn arms of its grandfather.

The river flowed on, oblivious.

Today's little pleasure

Chocolate! No, I'm kidding.

Today I saw a robin taking a rather indulgent dip in a small dirty little puddle. And when I looked, she craned her neck up and ruffled her feathers with a reproachful look, "Sure I'm gorgeous, but can a lady get some privacy around here?"

It's spring, and everything is wet and green (Oh, so many shades of green!). There are little weeds growing through the paved brick roads. So much to look at, so muct to smile at. Who needs chocolate?

Today's happy moment

I will try to post one happy moment each day. It won't necessarily be the answer to all life's problems; neither will it be just another bad joke. Well, here goes:

Walking to work in the sunshine, I see a squirrel scoping me out. Up on his hind legs, rubbing his hands together in apprehension, he casts a sidelong suspicious glance as if to say, "Well, whatcha lookin' at? I don't know where the nuts are!"

So there. Wasn't much, but it made me laugh.