buying a bakery cupcake to eat in my favorite little city park and, later, seeing a rainbow

Within the space of an hour, 3 people telling me immediately upon seeing me that they loved my hair - the female bartender going so far as to say, "Your hair is beautiful!" The Cute Haircut with Highlights (3.0) lives on!

That's the forecast for today: abundant sunshine. I always smile when they use that phrase. It just feels so generous, like the meteorologist is opening his arms wide and proclaiming, "Sunshine for everyone!" Today is warm and glorious, and I noticed the first of our flowers have started peeking through the dirt.

the transcendence brought on by the silky touch of the sliding stones

Holy shit. I really am their good luck charm. Clearly I can never wash this jersey again.

my brother being back from a 2-week trip to Australia - I missed him