Gratitude List:
1.  Carla Christopher, the poet laureate priestess of Culture and Main.  I am a little star-struck, spending time with all those good vibes today.  Good, thoughtful interviews.  Singer/songwriter Soji.  Riverkeeper and Councilman and singer/songwriter Michael Helfrich.  Poet and model Jess Angel.  And Miles Coltrane, the cutest puppy ever.  I’m still kind of high on this energy.  Get the farmer off the farm. . .
2.  The beautiful interchange between Maya Angelou and Diane Rehm after Angelou finished telling her personal story of horror.  Such open hearts.
3.  Those stacked-up clouds over the fields tonight while oriole sang in the hollow.  The way the kale has bloomed bright yellow like wildfire spreading across the northern hillside.  And Crimson Clover.  And Purple Passion Asparagus.  And those petulant pink Dogwoods.
4.  This boy, who is seven years and not yet twelve hours old.  I am so grateful for these children, for all they are learning, how and whom they are becoming.
5.  Playing Wildcraft with my kids this evening, a cooperative plant-learning game that friends gave us for Ellis’s birthday today.

May we walk in beauty.

Ellis and his Great-Grandma Marian Weaver.