Another February 14th rolls around, and I send you all my love and Valentine greetings.
This year finds me on a health kick: lots of walking and lots of vegetables. And then, as if to encourage me, one day this happened:
Serendipity
All I did was trim the end of the root. The radish shared serendipitous love!
This is as close to snow as we've had this winter, but no complaints. I like good walking weather.
This Valentine's Day I think I will finally succeed in memorizing a favorite love poem. When was the last time you tried memorization? Brains like a good challenge.

“The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle:—
Why not I with thine?
See! the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea:—
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?”
― Percy Bysshe ShelleyWe recently sang an anthem that has such wonderful words, I want to share them here:
Beloved, God's chosen,
put on as a garment
compassion, forgiveness
and goodness of heart.
Above all, before all,
let love be your raiment
that binds into one
every dissonant part.
I love the image of binding into one all our dissonant parts. May it be so.
Again, "Happy Valentine's Day!" Be well, be happy, and shine your light!