For the first time in a long time, I feel happy.
Truly happy. And I can't put my finger on exactly why that is.
Maybe ... it's the sunny weather here in Venice Beach, from where I'm writing.
Maybe ... it's my brother-in-law's* delightful laugh.
Maybe ... it's the fact that my mom* is back in her own, freshly renovated home and a lot of hard work is behind us.
Maybe ... it's because my husband* is, finally, back on the road to gainful employment.
Maybe ... it's the residue of spending the afternoon in a neighborhood completely devoted to three of my favorite things: arts, coffee and food.
Maybe ... it was spending a lot of time with the healing crystals in a bookstore called "Mystic Journey."
Maybe ... it's just that sometimes you realize that all in all, you are okay just the way you are.
Or maybe, and this is probably it, it's that excellent (though now empty) bottle of Riesling produced by the good vintners at St. Michelle using what appears to be a terrific '08 harvest, sitting over there on the counter. Never, in my wildest dreams would I ever expected to recommend a bottle from St. Michelle.
Whatever the reason, even though I have a lot of asterisks in my life, today I feel good and I'm celebrating with a post.
~bon
*Life has changed friends- more on this later
