Morning Comforts

“But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two.”—A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

My comforts this morning:

• good coffee
• the electric blanket turned to 17
• new burnt-orange loveseat cushion
• Mozart’s piano concerto 21
• looking forward to tagliatelli Bolognese for lunch
• thinking about olive oil cake with rosemary, dark chocolate, and hazelnuts
• making lists (a kind of step by step measuring off)
• lovingkindness meditation
• apple green shoes with crossed straps
• the luxury of a three day weekend followed by two weeks’ vacation

image:  Real Comfort, Jacopo Werther