Gratitude List:
1. Conversation with new friends from The Netherlands.
2. The singing this morning, and the story of Menno Simons in the stagecoach.
3. Belongingness.  So often I position myself on the fringe–the happy fringe, to be sure.  Still, sometimes I step right into the middle of the muddle and proclaim myself a part of it all.  And that feels appropriate and oddly satisfying.
4. That little air conditioner.
5. Stroopwaffeln.

May we walk in Beauty!