St. Valentine's Freeze

room with a view...outside my back deck: the computer does NO justice to the photos.















Wish I could capture these better.

Hope you are warm and happy today. Dodge the arrow!

And some other thoughts a day later...
The halls are quieting still. A few linger, shuffling scraps of debris underfoot-- their voices taper as they pass through the cavernous hallway. Within minutes there is silence.

I sit alone. Still.
The hours of night stretch before me like a vast, open road-- an eternity to me.
Tonight it is not about counting hours until the dawn, but living moment to moment contented to accept whatever may occur.

I marvel at the simple joys of life:

The peace of sleep that passes over me,
The beauty of night and trees,
of tight harmony in song,
the passion of words spoken truthfully,
the pleasure-pain of physical exertion,
the profundity of love staring you directly in the face,
and the weightlessness of water….

And although nothing is certain
Nothing is known for sure,
I am here and so are you.
That’s all.
That’s all I need.