Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Climbing the pathway up Book Hill toward the library in Georgetown, I notice that it’s lined with the green shoots of spring bulbs pushing their way skyward.

2. Realizing the public library is just on the next block when you really need a bathroom.

3. The sun is setting after 5 again, making late afternoons seem not quite as forsaken as they did a month ago.

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

Three beautiful things from the first week of 2015:

1. This time of the year, Girl Scouts abound, so when unpleasantness arises, it’s okay to break into the last unopened box of Samoas in the pantry.

2. It created havoc for a great number of people in the area, but I enjoyed the first snow accumulation of the year. Rudi has made a full recovery, so I didn’t have to get up early and shovel, and it blanketed everything prettily with four inches of white for a bit.

3. Because the Nationals imploded early on in the post-season, after we anted up for tickets that would’ve covered through the World Series, what we owe for our share of this year’s season tickets is comfortably minimal.

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

Three beautiful things from the past week:

1. Rudi took the first leg of driving home from Connecticut so I could watch for Christmas light displays along the Garden State Parkway.

2. Last weekend was filled with visits with Karen and BW.

3. As we were driving home, I said to Rudi (who had to coach the next morning), “Tomorrow, I’m not getting up until I get up.” And I didn’t. I woke up enough to walk Rudi to the door and I woke up again a couple hours later when Jer nudged me to tell me that my weekday alarm hadn’t gone off and couldn’t I please get up because there was a hole in the food in his dish and therefore it was empty and he and the others were obviously starving, but I laid firm and returned to bed and didn’t get up for real until 11:30 when I was awake enough to play Words with Friends and read Twitter for 15 minutes without dozing off again.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world this week with the end of last year and the beginning of the new?

Three beautiful things from the past week Christmas day:

1. We spent the day surrounded by family (in person and remotely).

2. We ate delicious food — turkey, stuffing, trifle, chocolate.

3. Everyone seemed to like the gifts we gave them — and we got awesome gifts ourselves.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your week (or holiday) this week?

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and merry Thursday to all the rest!

Three beautiful things from my week past:

1. Neighbors up the street have put hot pink flower lights on their ornamental tree outside. It’s very pretty looking.

2. A friend is in from out of town, and we get to have dinner with her and catch up on how she and her husband are doing.

3. A coworker who’s been out of the office a lot on travel recently notices my haircut. It’s cute, she says, and makes you look taller and thinner.

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

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. I stop at Trader Joe’s in the evening and there is no line.

2. Twice this week, I have found Jeremiah and Corey in close quarters together. The first time, Jer was under a blanket and Corey on top of it, so I thought it might be an anomaly. This morning, though, I turned around to find Corey had joined Jeremiah stretched out on the sofa cushion.

3. We (more than) fill the Burrow with 35 guests for our tree-trimming. We appreciate that so many of our friends are willing to spend some of their precious holiday time with us.

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