Let me try this again. I was looking for a quiet corner of Mudcat, and I know others who are, too. A place to drop in, sink down into a chair, or just sit on the corner of the porch and enjoy the beauty of the day. For those who want to debate or expound, this isn't da place. If you just feel like sitting down for a couple of minutes to share whatever you're enjoying in your life with an old friend you've never met, that's what this thread is for. A calm in the storm.

Today, I have to go out and shovel a late winter snowfall. I thought I'd done the last shoveling yesterday, but it snowed overnight again and my wife and I are going out. But, the snow hasn't dampened our spirits. A month ago, my wife pulled a muscle in her lower back so severely she couldn't even walk across the room without my holding on to her. And then, she was in such severe pain, it killed me to see her suffering so. This morning, she was up an hour before me and was down on her knees waxing the kitchen floor. Now, you KNOW you're thankful when you praise the Lord for being able to wax floors without pain. Of course, we have even better things in mind to rejoice than waxing floors..

Two days ago, I saw my first two robins, out cavorting on the lawn with a temperature in the 50's. Today, they're flying around with nothing but a knot in their stomachs. But, they're wiser than us, and more hopeful. They know that old Man Winter is on his last legs, and they'll get by somehow until that first warm day when the worms come up from a long winter's sleep, poke their heads out of their tunnels and discover that them Damned robins are already back.

It looks like a good day... filled with simple pleasures. If you want to slip into a nice, comfortable chair, and rejoice in the good, small things in your day, it would please me just to hear from you.

Jerry