a gift

One of my Lovely Housemates, lylythe_strega gifted me by sharing this poem with me earlier today, and I thought I would share it with you. The author is a Maine resident named Alice N. Persons, and the poem is from her book Never Say Never © Moon Pie Press

May we all have an abundance of perfect days.


The Perfect Day

You wake with
no aches
in the arms
of your beloved
to the smell of fresh coffee
you eat a giant breakfast
with no thought
of carbs
there is time to read
with a purring cat on your lap
later you walk by the ocean
with your dog
on this cut crystal day
your favorite music and the sun
fill the house
a short delicious nap
under a fleece throw
comes later
and the phone doesn't ring
at dusk you roast a chicken,
bake bread, make an exquisite
chocolate cake
for some friends
you've been missing
someone brings you an
unexpected present
and the wine is just right with the food
after a wonderful party
you sink into sleep
in a clean nightgown
in fresh sheets
your sweetheart doesn't snore
and in your dreams
an old piece of sadness
lifts away.

uh oh...

This ain't good: Changes in Gulf Stream could chill Europe, and a similar story in the Sunday Times, Ireland faces big chill as ocean current slows

I've been keeping an eye on this for a number of years, ever since climate scientists started widely predicting that Gulf Stream disruptions could drastically affect the relatively temperate climates of the U.K, Ireland and northern Europe. I hope this is wrong, or some other wild card climactic factor we don't yet understand mitigates the shifts. In any case, one thing that is relatively certain is that we're all going to see more serious changes in local climates over the coming years as global warming causes an increasing amount of change across the globe.