One beautiful thing I experienced today:

The man walking across the parking lot at Whole Foods. My daughters and I were still in the car, and I was mustering up the courage to get us out and into the suddenly blustery, chilly, overcast day. For the millionth time, I cursed the walking boot strapped to my right foot. That was about when the man walked in front of the car, wearing a bright blue, sheer, short-sleeved button up shirt, bright white shorts that reached maybe mid-thigh, sandals, a gold bracelet and a hot pink purse. It was just such a bright, incongruous vision in the cold gloom, and I thought, Well, if he can do it, so can I, and got us out of the car.

Listening: manipulator alligator, "nina simone"