Helloooo there, sunshine!

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

Spring! Intoxicating. Boundless energy. A nose full of fresh dirt...dead grass letting go its grip on earth to make way for newborn tendrils...a thought one comforts oneself with when seeing the detritus of winter spread throughout the house. (Alpha Pants: I've swept this kitchen twice since this morning! Quit letting the dog out!) Rich black mulch, yellow Texas roses, and happy Coreopsis cheerfully waving at passersby. I can't stop looking out the window at SPRING.

“Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

A prescription for joy: buy an Ipod. Download songs that make you happy. Explore new music. Make playlists for each mood...then sit back and enjoy. A life without music is....like a life without spring!


It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"”
Winnie the Pooh

Spring break: when my family is home, and there is more time to enjoy friends. The beautiful days make political and moral discussions too heavy. Wandering through flower gardens, sipping on Starbucks, saying little, enjoying each other.

At least, that's how I imagine it. I am home, in the dining room window, waiting for her to come back...