dear friends!

"my object in living is to unite
my avocation and my vocation
as my two eyes make me one in sight,
for only where love and need are one
and the work is play for mortal stakes
is the deed ever really done
for heaven and the future's sake."
--robert frost

this is a thank you to
mom
juliet
james
alex
alice
aaron
david
stephen
audrey
kate
steph
ben
johnny
peter
mary
phoebe
will
jody
judy
rebecca
hannah
jessica
matty
jody's josh
steph's sam
amos
guthrie
kate's josh
dan
gabe
judy's sam
jonathan
our lovely russian friends
all the little ones
jack & rhonda
wendy
doug
clare
eric
lindsay
elizabeth
tamara
shep
old friends
new friends
margaret
michel
tom
katherine
sylvia
john
kathleen
judith
grace

everything i already have
everything i will be

happy day, everyone!

listening to a birthday mix:
matthew good, "born losers"
colbie caillat, "bubbly"
goo goo dolls, "iris"
eagle-eye cherry, "save tonight"
michael buble, "home"
the greenhorns, "there is an end"
dave mason, "we just disagree"
sara bareilles, "love song"
rosy, "love"
roxette, "it must have been love"

and a record that was a birthday present...
iron & wine, our endless numbered days

the fiddle chick (denise mccurdy) is playing her instrument next door. what a person can do with that thing...