— ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎january

a soft morning rain tracing silver lines down the window ⋅ the weight and scent of a new journal ⋅ the way the lamplight gilds the cobblestones at six o'clock ⋅ handmaking ceramic candleholders ⋅ a conversation with an old friend about night-blooming flowers ⋅ painting my nails a milky white colour ⋅ welcoming a new priest into our parish ⋅ waking from my after-lunch naps to find the bedroom lit by a soft pink sunset ⋅ the early arrival of grape season.

— ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎february

rain falling on a slate roof ⋅ the companionable silence of reading in the same room as a stranger ⋅ homemade almond biscuits ⋅ starting an unexpected new job ⋅ recovering forgotten red wine bottles ⋅