Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.
Linda Hogan
1. I was wakened, temporarily, by a happy little bird singing his/her heart out at first light – 5:32 am. I didn’t get up until my regular time between 6:30 and 7:00, and I saw why birdy was so happy – it was another beautiful day and in the mid 70s all afternoon.
2. The raccoon family came through the yard this morning. As far as I’m concerned they can stay on the other side of the fence. Alas, I think they are feeling spring in the air and I’m pretty sure I saw two of them humping before they disappeared under the fence.
3. We had little pizzas made on flour tortillas. I added fresh mushrooms to mine that I got at the commissary last week.
4. Nadia Bolz-Weber’s post today hit me where I feel it. My mother died gradually from Alzheimer’s, but towards the end she could sing all the words to all the old hymns even when she didn’t remember her own grandchildren, or her own name.
5. I’m kind of hooked on the series Heartland on Netflix. It’s Canadian (have i said recently how much I enjoy Canadian offerings?) and set in Alberta on a ranch that’s been in the family for generations. Five generations live together in the big, old ranch house. They have different ideas about what’s important, and how to make a go of life, but they manage to work it all out in the end.
How about you? What made you happy today?