Author: Melanie

Goaltending is a normal job, sure.  How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you?
— Jacques Plante, former NHL goaltender

1. watching hockey with David – I still don’t understand it all, but I love his passion for the Red Wings, and get excited when they win.

2. The Sopranos – we’re Netflixing, starting from the beginning.  I’ve seen episodes here and there, but I was never a regular watcher; I’m loving Nancy Marchand as Tony’s mother!

3. Travelling Mercies, by Anne LaMott – I adore this book.  She’s tells so many truths, but with such honesty and humor.  I love her novels, too.

What’s making you happy today?

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
— Kahlil Gibran

I came across this photograph today through a monthly email digest I get.

For some reason, this makes me almost unbearably sad.  Is it just me?

The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity.  The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner.  But they do have friendliness.  Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.
— Raymond Chandler

1. the bus driver wave (you know what I’m talking about – the universal way all bus drivers wave to each other as they pass one another)

2. the abundance of tomatoes on one of our tomato plants:

3. spending this past Saturday with my family and David at a cabin in the mountains, playing games, cooking out, making S’mores, relaxing in the hot tub:

What are you happy about today?

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