What a good life I live. I am so grateful.

The weather is rainy and gray today, but my life is full. I just had lunch with friend Cynthia and it made me exceedingly happy for the way my life is right now.

Occasionally I like to write a gratitude list, for whatever pops into my head at the moment. Here is one (no doubt incomplete) for today:

• My beloved Brian.
• Friends and family who love me and respect my life path.
• A good relationship with my Mother.
• A “freelance” livelihood in a city that actually is full of opportunity for such work.
• Students/Customers/Blog Readers who make my livelihood fulfilling.
• The Internet, which allows me to fill out that career fully, with the world as my audience.
• Computers that work and help me do my job.
• Dance, Knitting, Music, Poetry, Artful Food and Relationship: all artforms that enhance my life.
• Yarn, wool, color, and a mind that puts them together in endlessly fascinating ways.
• Beloved children of other people… who make my life more interesting and full.
• A car that is 11 years old, paid off, 138,000 miles, runs fine and looks almost new.
• A colorful house in a neighborly area of a friendly city.
• Being alive and primarily healthy, being able to walk, dance and climb stairs, being able to speak out loud and even sing (I once spent 31 days without a voice).
• Being 50 years old (some loved ones have not been this lucky).

May you also find things for which to be grateful, on this March day.

Photos:
1) Graffiti on side of railroad car, taken just over a week ago in the middle of Florida. It sure looks different than most big-city train graffiti I see.
2) Frida the cat, in Jacksonville, Florida, looking as content as I feel right now.

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