Gardening is all about optimism.

Consistent physical structures can allow unbounded intuitive clarity.

It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built.

One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.

What if we just acted like everything was easy?

Just because it's true, I say as often as I can in as many ways as I can form, "I sure love you."

See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience. (she steered clear of the traffic jam and went to the bakery she's been meaning to stop at.) She embraces the undeclared possibility in what seems like just another ordinary day. (her friend is scheduled for cancer surgery and suddenly everything around her seems so very precious.)