how was your day?

 

How was your day?

"It was a mess.  It was a fight.  

It was a war with the world 

and myself."

Who won?

"I'm still standing."

-Topher Kearbey

My daughter's daily text usually asks, "How was your day?"  I often find myself wondering how I should answer that question, so when I read the above quote from Kearbey, I tried this one on her.  She loved it!.  

It was a warm last week of February (until today).  One of those days, when walking the trail, I had to leave my jacket behind to be retrieved later.   It had been a while since that had happened. I loved it.  

Life is short.  Break the rules,

forgive quickly, kiss slowly,

love truly, laugh uncontrollably,

never regret anything that makes you smile.

-Toby Keith

(July 8, 1961 - February 5, 2024)

A Few Words about January 2024...

 

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness.  I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.  And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."  (unknown)

Now that's the way I wanted this new year to begin, but you know how it is..."The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry..." 

We did get our snow, and with it came the bitter cold.  Millie and I bundled up and trudged on.  It has now been 663 days since we missed a day walking over the big hill.  A day just doesn't seem complete without it.

Dust of Snow

The way a crow 

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree.

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued.

-Robert Frost