1. God
2. View of the river valley
3. Bird songs
4. Cool evenings and cooler nights
5. Wildflowers
6. Feeling better in the morning
7. Family breakfast
8. Iced tea with mint leaves from the garden
9. Remembering to breathe
“If I were much wiser, and much more patient, and had much greater concentration, I could sit in silence in my chair, look out my windows at a green tree and the blue sky, and know that breathing is a gift; that a breath is sufficient for the moment; and that breathing air is breathing God.” – Andre Dubus, “Sacraments,” in Meditations from a Movable Chair