Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. John, Nicole, and Juliet were in town and we got to spend a lot of time with them. We visited museums, hung out, ate, listened to music, and caught up with Michael, Julia, and Sarah for an indoor picnic.

2. I have been asked to water a couple plots of gardeners who are away for the holiday. I have decided that responsibility includes harvesting anything that ripens during that time (since it would otherwise be eaten by the local fauna).

3. Air conditioning, because today hit 102 on the thermometer and felt like 113.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Four of the guys and I pull off a well-played victory over the undefeated team at the top of our league. It cements our spot at number three and pumps us all up.

2. After a couple hours of playing volleyball on a hot Saturday afternoon, I drop my net off at home and continue down the street to the ice cream parlor, where they have my favorite flavor in. They warn me it will be a while until it’s next back.

3. Juliet has been at a dance camp in Maryland and we go up to watch her troupe’s performance. She’s one of the youngest kids, but holds her own in their modern performance, which reinterprets “The Pink Elephants on Parade” from Fantasia.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Our first beach day of the year

2. Ducklings at Constitution Gardens (safe from the bleaching next door)

3. A friend and I meet at the Dupont Circle fountain for an overdue catch-up.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Fireflies in the park

2. Frozen Persian mint lemonade on a scorching afternoon

3. Nearly a dozen of the girls I coached graduated from 8th grade, and almost half of them took part in the ceremony, including Sadie, who sang a solo

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. A “dirty soda,” in this case Coke with cherry syrup and butterfly pea whipped cream

2. Eight hours of outdoor volleyball on a gorgeous afternoon

3. Time with friends

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. My parents’ cats and our cats, all such characters (Coal is lying asleep on his back in the middle of the living room rug, legs all tucked up, as I write this, inviting me to hurry up and rub his belly…)

2. Lunch and a rainy walk with Karen

3. I ran into some of my middle-schoolers when I stopped by their school this week, and they invited me to their 8th-grade graduation.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?