Glorious...
Glorious. There's no other word for the weather of the past two days here in my little corner of the world. Sunshine, blue skies, low humidity, comfortable temperatures...and this morning, a memorably beautiful sunrise, the sky alight with pinks and blues, with light and shadow of th e sort to drive any artist to her canvas, knowing that capturing this spectacle with brushstrokes would likely be impossible. As I sit here on my screened porch, I am surrounded by the music of birdsong, by the persistent scritch of cicadas, by the whisper of an occasional breeze though the trees, and I am virtually overcome with a sense of well-being, of joy, of gratitude for this very ordinary day of my life. With book in hand, here I sit, sometimes reading, sometimes simply being...listening... absorbing the peace and loveliness of this July afternoon. Lif...