Post worst-flu-ever gratitude round-up:

–Flowering trees. They are all over the place. Popped, like an entire bag of kernels in a pot. I’m mesmerized by the overwhelming beauty of a tree filled with blooms.

–Rudy Guiliani. Way to tell the truth there, Mr. G.

My best buddy: Riley.

–Spring. Welcome home. We’ve been waiting for you.

–Do-gooders. Someone who goes out of their way to correct a wrong, an unfairness, a shit show.

–Exceptional, enviable, just beautiful writing. Heather Harpham’s Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Happy Ever After. An emotional memoir written from the very center of the heart, every word a sparkly bit of gorgeosity.