ten things

I'm feeling distinctly melancholy and decided blog-therapy is very much in order tonight. I've neglected the spiritual discipline of nightly posts for a month now. It's been challenging month. I wonder if I'd feel less scattered and ungrounded just now if I'd been keeping up with it. In an effort to get my head and heart back in the truth-and-beauty mode, here are ten things I noticed this week:

1. a cormorant drying her wings in the wind, her dark silhouette with outstretched wings against the grey waters of English Bay
2. a bald eagle, king of all his green and watery kingdom
3. a baby smiling at her reflection in the mirror
4. the timely, encouraging words of a new friend
5. a hand patting my back through a minor coughing fit
6. the taste of fresh blueberry cinnamon buns
7. the satisfaction of a job well done, skills recognized, vocation affirmed
8. lingering morning conversations between kindred spirits
9. good news of the impending visit of a dear friend
10. three successful volcadas executed in a single song while dancing tango

And now I'm going to bed. Early. In the hope that some rest will bring refreshment not only to my body but to my soul.