good morning, and happy friday to you!

i was up earlier than usual this morning, working on a 65 foot holiday garland that needed to be completed in under two hours. aack! it's for a holiday preview party tonight at nook! i am going to try my best to take some photos, there are a few special things in the store right now that i'd love to share.

i was thinking i'd list my top five favorite calendars this morning, but i just know that mav's will make the list, so i'm holding off 'till next week.

instead i want to share an excerpt from a poem by maya angelou, called inaugural poem. it was written for bill clinton in 1993, but i have been thinking of it often these past two weeks. and appreciating how much more relevant it seems today. have a listen, you should.

have a wonderful day, friends.

s

The horizon leans forward,
Offering you space to place new steps of change.
Here, on the pulse of this fine day
You may have the courage
To look up and out upon me,
The rock, the river, the tree, your country.
No less to Midas than the mendicant.
No less to you now than the mastodon then

Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes, into
Your brother's face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope

Good morning.