Hey folks,
I don't know how everyone else is feelin' but my little heart is anxiously awaiting spring. Today I had a most beautiful run on a bloody big toe. I stubbed my toe somethin' fierce yesterday and shouldn't be running, but it was a "When Sofie Gets Angry" sort of day filled with silly little things that made me take refuge in a pair of new balances on the trails... then of course, just like Sofie, I had a view from the top of the hill I had run to and a moment of great peace in which I gained the courage to go back into the world. Don't know the book? check it out... it's most lovely. Oh yeah, I guess I have a copy of it if you want to borrow it.

I should be doing homework, but I wanted to shoot out a quick note to the blog and with it send love to anyone reading it. ...and avoid my Christianity reading for a few more minutes. There should be some pictures coming soon, not that my camera is back in my life, but I get to do some digital photography in class soon.

Thankful list:
-that I can see the moon from my window at the library
-the sunset that was airbrushed looking and is now creating a lovely backdrop for the sillhuetted trees
-Dar Williams music
-the banjo in my life!
-Al White for teaching me how to make music on it (well, kinda)
-how good singing makes me feel
-clean water to drink
-the ability to run
-lungs that work again!
-trees that can calm my heart
-the opportunity to learn at Berea
-Irene for taking the brunt of my bad mood today
-Ellen for bein' the superstar she is
-spring, for promising to come soon
-sunshine!!!!!!
-joy
-all of the adventures I have been blessed to have
-memories
-tea
-photos that come through the mail
-cards
-afternoon naps in my sunny bed at the SENS house
-thank you notes
-baked tofu, yum!

ps-I've been having tons of fun coming up with plant jokes in field botany... here's the best recent one:
Why didn't the shining clubmoss take a seat after her speech?
Because she liked-a-podium!!!!!
(hint- shining clubmoss is Lycopodium lucidulum)