Surprised By Joy
Sep 1, 2018 · 3 min read

This morning the world is a blaze of sunshine softened by fall’s cool air, the sky an indigo canopy soaring wide and deep. A wedge of water ripples behind a boat’s slow drone, and through a screen of leaves I glimpse the clear round shoulders of mountains sloping gently toward the distant shore.
We might take out the boat, or kayak, or walk, or sleep, or read, or do all this. The day stretches in easy promise, beckoning us with its…

