Fall is my favorite season. Dusk my favorite time of day. Threshholdy, gloaming, liminal I...
Nuggets of Happy
Despite having one friend just out of the hospital, the continued state of singlehood (thanks Brian for the next excellent conversating on Friday!), and a slew of things due tomorrow(comprehensive exam list, book chapter, consulting report, etc.), I have had to stop and smile a few times today:
- When leaving my house today on errands, a young woman I didn't recognize rode into my cul-de-sac on her bike, and without speaking, smiled and jingled her handlebar bells at me. She literally rode in, jangled her greeting, and rode out again. One of those random acts the bumper stickers call for...
- At The Coffeeshop today, I saw another longtime customer who was in an horrific car accident several years ago. She's physically very different, but today I could see the old sparkle in her eyes that made her so well-known and liked by all the regulars. Then another friend and her new girlfriend came in, so we got a quick catch-up.
- I was supposed to attend a meeting with a longtime friend in the next town over, but after nearly half an hour of trying, I couldn't find the church where it was held. Though I'm sorry not to have found it or the group, I did spend some time driving around an area I'm never in, and it reminded me of some of the old industrial parts of towns I grew up in. Ah, Nostalgia, AZ...
- I have the new Annie Lennox album, Songs of Mass Destruction, playing. Annie sings to whatever mood I'm in. She seems happy when I am, and the same songs comfort when that's what's called for. I heart her.
Today is one of the "moments" in my annual solar circuit. I hope it brings you some small wonders too.
