Why I Wake Early

Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who made the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and the crotchety-
best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light-
good morning, good morning, good morning.
Watch, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver's poetry stirs my soul.....this is such a wonderful poem to awaken to....
Doing more art today...going to the library..and try not to eat too much of the yummy carrot cake that I made yesterday! Found the recipe for the cake in a old (Kathy Lee and Regis) cookbook. It is divine...and I will post a picture and the recipe for it this weekend.