Constructing a Happy Life

Yesterday was a quiet one - beginning with a yoga class at 10:00 and filled with much reading, knitting, and pondering. Primarily, thoughts of how fortunate I am to be living here surrounded by nature's beauty with a huge window to bring it inside even when it's too cold to be out in it. How I hope we get snow this year at least once - just enough to cover the ground, and without ice, of course. I have been reading "Walden", a freebie from Amazon's Kindle, and will move onto "Walden Pond" from here. Strange that I've never read Thoreau's writing before - at least not that I recall. If I ever finish writing my "Constructing a Happy Life" (the latest proposed title) book, perhaps I'll write about the joys of living here. I'll be going to Atlanta next weekend for a couple nights at son Tate's home to help Sydney with her crafts table at the community holiday sale on Saturday. Besides the joy of being with family, the return to the Pond is always a reaffirming of my decision to live here. Being in the Atlanta area is a good thing--the contrast is a good thing--I would not be happy CONFINED here! Or, anywhere, for that matter. Too much wanderlust in my heart.