I know spring has arrived, because our cat now spends hours every day in one window or another watching the birds, murmuring to them as they fly about their business. My son regularly welcomes new goat kids and lambs to Continue reading Is it spring?→

T.S. Eliot may have thought of April as the cruelest month, but he also wrote that it breeds “lilacs out of the dead land” and, in my books, nothing that leads to lilacs can be all that cruel. I have Continue reading Finding beauty→

Who knew there was an International Day of Happiness? Not me, but the United Nations declared March 20th to be just that 10 years ago. Its World Happiness Report is released on or around that date each year. Especially over Continue reading What’s happy enough?→

March can feel endless, with its grey skies, dirty snow and a damp chilliness that seeps into my joints. This year, April’s showers have arrived early, making it easy for me to abandon my plans to get back to my Continue reading Looking for comfort→