I try to suppress a FROWN – it never works out well to be in a HURRY when running errands with a toddler. I notice my instinct to REACT with a snap or a chivvy along – is it necessary? How urgent are our errands? I stop and try to see — really see — what is in front of me. Cheerful tot, your response to the moment is surely better than mine. Let me see if I can CAPER alongside you, scamper down the sidewalks, ooh and aah at the bugs, chase a pigeon or two. The busy day can wait, for these are the errands that are eternal and neverending. What we share right now can slip through the cracks of our lives like a gentle breeze sweet but quickly gone, leaving no trace, perhaps not even a memory.

Georg’ann

Scented STEAM rises
PEACH crisp cools, piquant pasta-
lemon and CAPER

Heather