Appreciating what I have

So Piers Morgan - in an interview with Dan Rather and Douglas Brinkley - says this is clearly a dismal time for Americans... and for several other nations as well, I would add.  It feels like tough times - and for most of the nation even the weather refuses to cooperate.

Not so for here.  For several days now the high temperature has been 75-ish, absolutely lovely.  I've been walking more in the last several weeks than I have all year - with weather this gorgeous how could I not?

Walk and read, that's been my summer.  Perfect!