*calls to friends I haven't spoken to in awhile

*planting, particularly the four seed packages of various nasturtiums, which I adore, but also the two new flowers I bought today

*working on the garden gate, which I imagine as perfect when finished

*hike with Herald and Selah

*picnic with Herald and Selah

*N getting better; I have faith

*I didn't get the scholarship to the writer's conference but I think I might shell out anyways, just to feel the writing community again

*writing again, in the evening

*but I also have a collage I want to work on

*warmth, sun, or rain: it's all good


*trying not to feel horrible about the oil spill
*trying not to feel fret about whether I've been a good enough friend, maybe said the wrong things to the wrong people because I've got dramatic, self-centered motives
*trying not to worry, about myself or others


*I've plans also to buy a blown-glass hummingbird feeder that I've fallen for at the Farmers' Market

*I think it will be lovely, nice colors and future birds and nectar and all