I returned a few days early to Los Angeles and what a difference a few days away make.  I awoke this morning to a chorus of birds and when I stepped outside in the early morning light I smelled the perfumed aroma of jasmine blooming everywhere.  If you've ever been in Southern California at this time of the year, you know of what I am speaking.  The smell is undeniable, inescapable, and intoxicating.  I stood outside and breathed in deep for several minutes.  The smell is pure heaven and for those moments, I was completely present and desired to be nowhere else.  What a great welcome home.