pearwood

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens. Happiness is a warm puppy. Aww. Yes, there is much sadness in this broken world. Thankfully, the sadness is not the whole story. Despite all our efforts to destroy each other and our environment there remains, by the grace of God, a wealth of beauty and goodness, and even delight. You pause for a moment while shoveling the snow and catch the sun glinting through the snow that still hangs in the air. You stand by the pond in the wood with the fog dripping silence. The sun finds a hole in the overcast and the Autumn forest comes to life. A single p