Happy Remarks

What was on the wall that day.

The street I grew up on had three big elms. Two are gone now. The third still drops leaves on the same patch of sidewalk.

A black bear with two cubs across the meadow. Far enough.

The cat slow-blinking at me from across the room.

Bees in the lavender. Whole bush humming.

Grateful that I made it to fifty. Some of my friends didn't.

Found a salamander under a log on a hike. The kids could not stop laughing about its tiny face.

My daughter sent me a screenshot of her ticket home.

Saw a great gray owl perched at the gate before dawn.

My nephew runs to me at every family dinner. I am the silly aunt. I take this seriously.

Grateful for the people who keep the river clean. I swam in it yesterday.

New mittens.

A crow tried to share its breakfast with me today. I declined politely.

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