Reasons to be cheerful

[azziria]

Reasons to be cheerful today:

1. Joaquin Phoenix. Because I watched Buffalo Soldiers last night and I could do perverted things with that man. Seriously.
   
2. Poetry. In particular Maddy Prior’s musical treatment of G.K. Chesterton’s The Rolling English Road. For some reason it’s brought me particular joy this morning, maybe because it’s gray and damp and the words have reminded me of summer days spent wandering country lanes - verges full of lacy cow parsley, and hedgerows swathed in the delicate pink of dog roses.
   
3. My new flat screen computer monitor here at work. No more bluescreen and flicker. Just crispness and clarity. Joy unbounded in the office.
   
4. Installation of shiny new kitchen is underway.