loving the least-of-things in life.

today i love sunshine in the mornings and 82 degrees. displaying grackles and a mockingbird friend's tail poking out of her nest. i love getting things done and scrubbing the heck out of the darn tub. i love chocolate peanut butter everything (always). time to myself to read and think and write and explore my own heart. i love being tricked into getting up on time (really, that ten minutes makes a lot of difference sometimes). quiet workdays and thoughtful friends. meaningful conversations, spiritual revelations, being content with my own physical form. teachings of buddha, my own hands opening, letting energy and love flow in and out, both ways. lists lists lists. saturdays off work and one day to sleep in just an hour or two. dinner by the lake and barn swallows with their forked tails and deep blue wings. sore legs, sore chest, sore arms, sore back, sore butt. pink socks, quilts and brandon sanderson. banana chocolate chip muffins and almond joy green smoothies. throwing things away (oh, so many things). the luke skywalker bobble-head on my desk, next to my solar-powered waving daisy - his and hers. house sparrows at the feeder, fat and fighting. today i love the things that make me feel alive, that pulse of personality and joy. today i love that phase of spring that can't hold back summer's passion any longer. the explosion of life, the sun bright overhead.