Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Something Beautiful

I have written a series of earnest essays. I have addressed vexing debates and political issues. But now I have decided the time has come simply to list a few things I find absolutely, utterly beautiful. After reading these, please add one or two of your own.

Beautiful Things:

Watching a six decade-old marriage work around itself in the kitchen

My wife's forgiveness

You and I Again, James Taylor's new love song to his wife

A bald eagle circling in the sun high above a lake, fishing

Ray Tolbert running a fast break baseline to baseline in about six strides with a huge smile across his face

Birch trees

The sun rising beyond a shelf of clouds above the horizon, breaking out in endless oranges for a couple of minutes before climbing behind the next layer.

Young people working to exhaustion to rehab a house for a single mom and her two children, whom they will never see again

My mom's smile when we first arrive for a visit

The smell of a freshly-split spruce log

(Please add your own):

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