We've gotten a LOT of rain in LA in the past few days, but this morning it is calm and quiet.  I look out from my office window and I can see two hawks circling the top of the hill that rises in front of me.  Behind and above the hawks are slowly moving wisps of gray, moist clouds that the weather report claims will later become another downpour.  I can see the hills around me are just beginning to blossom with all sorts of flowers --- a lot of white and sprigs of new green.  I pause from my writing for a few moments just to watch the world waking up after the deluge of rain we've been sharing.  I feel very alive, very grateful, and like the whole world is changing right before my eyes.  I suppose that is because it is.


A smile comes across my face and I am happy to be right where I am doing exactly what I am doing.  Life is good!