Hello all,
I started singing this song last night.  There are times when I "go on watch" -- and I am holding the spirits of two beloved friends, one on the other side of the veil since mid February, one on this side whose life persists in finding the beauty in everything she sees, even in the midst of catastrophic illness.

It is from the Navajo tradition. It's been adapted into a hymn and often sung as a round.

Now I walk in beauty.

Beauty is before me.

Beauty is behind me

Above and below me.

 Since my previous owners -- I mean cats -- who used to write here many years ago have now crossed the rainbow bridge these many years....
Two new cats have entered our lives.
Allow me to introduce Miss Willow and Miss Jillian.

 The dinosaur is trying to update the blog design and layout! Everyone run!
I have to blame Sue Vincent, who I'm also trying to link in to this thing. Her lyric upbeat poetic posts in the face of difficult-to-overstate challenges is a truly inspiring kick in the rear. After several floundering tries and the input of two cats, I have managed to add her to the lists on the right hand side of this page.