I'm better now

Ok, sorry about my little rant this morning. It's a beautiful day outside, I'm cooking some bar-b-q ribs for dinner, and I've had a productive day. So there you have it.

You know what I think? Instead of finding a fountain of youth (which I could probably use...everything on me is heading south)...wouldn't it be lovely if we could find a fountain of smart? I get the first drink.

Have a good evening.

Are we there yet?

I think it's time to run away. The picture for the post was taken while I was snorkeling at Hunama Bay on the lovely Hawaiian island of Oahu. Yea, that sounds like a good place to run away to. Living here in Paradise has its challenges. Of course living any place has its challenges, I guess. Perhaps it's the living part that is the challenge, but for the time being, I really prefer this to the alternative. It's just that sometimes moving from one day to the next seems really hard. I hate to be a whiner here, but that's exactly what I'm doing--having a major pity party. Anyone want to join me? Or perhaps give me some ideas where I can run away to? Or perhaps volunteer to run away with me? Or perhaps just come and share a jam sandwich with me and we can sit on my porch enjoying the view and talk about the complexities of the universe like we know what we're talking about and share a laugh like it doesn't really matter anyway? Anybody?

A good day ending

It was a quiet day in my little part of paradise. I stayed home, my brother stopped in for a bit and we visited. I was primed to put up some peaches Carmen picked for me off their tree yesterday. Got the canner full, made the syrup, got out jars and lids, sorted peaches, but alas, they aren’t quite ripe yet. Another day or two. Darn. I love seeing the jars on the table all full of peaches and pretty and hear the pop, pop of the lids as they seal. My life is full of small blessings that soothe the spirit and lighten the heart.

I work tomorrow and then I join the ranks of the unemployed. Oh well.

So I will take myself off to bed content that it has been a good day. The quiet gentleness of this day makes the night sweet and inviting.

God bless you, my family and friends.