Maybe Tuesday Will Be My Good News Day

I'm not expecting news of any sort for today, but I love this line from one of my favorite Billie Holiday songs.

Today started off in a lovely cool grey. I left early enough to drive through and get a (soy) white chocolate mocha and lemon poppyseed muffin from The Coffee Bean on my way to work today. Cool air, a warm white mocha, and a lemon poppyseed muffin for me represent a Fall and Christmas sort of toasty beauty. It began at the Daily Grind across the street from Golden West College many years ago, and to this day holds a special place in my heart, and is a sensory cue for quiet thoughts and pangs in the heart of several sorts.

I recently picked up my copy of A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken. I've already read it, about 2 years ago, but it was so gloriously beautiful, that when I saw it on my shelf I ached to read it again. Though I love grey mornings, my hearts been feeling a little grey recently, and I've been hungrily drinking in Vanauken's poetic prose. His, and his wife's, love of beauty and of love and joy are just en-heartening. With a 9.5 hour work day, things like this deliver my daily beauty intake, and I am ever-so grateful.

I hope you all have a beautiful Tuesday.

P.s. Another small joy I've discovered: free mp3 downloads on Amazon.com. I used to love the weekly songs starbucks gave codes for on iTunes, but I haven't found any recently. The iTunes store also has songs of the week, but only 1 out of 13 is any good. I thought I'd see if amazon has any freebs, and not only do they have multiple freebs, but good ones at that! Woot! I downloaded almost all of the songs from this page: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_hps_bw_clnk?node=334897011&sort=salesrank&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_r=1Q1PQY0TM7FPP1DZTABG&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=503588691&pf_rd_i=678551011

Enjoy!