“Just another morning here. It’s a miracle and it comes around every single day of the year.”- Nanci Griffiths
color:#484848″>In October, after a storm, it is good to take an inventory, color:#484848″> upon waking, color:#484848″>of the miracles in your own home.
color:#484848″>An electric light that brightens the hall with the flick of a switch,
color:#484848″>Cool water from the tap,
color:#484848″>Banked coals glowing in the woodstove,
color:#484848″>Coffee brewing.
color:#484848″>A gentle old retriever who has not died in the night, color:#484848″>and is willing to be coaxed into standing up and staggering outside.
color:#484848″>It is just you two in companionable silence out there in the windy rain of pre-dawn.
color:#484848″>The raincoat over your pajamas just another miracle.
color:#484848″>The hens murmur in the coop. The tide ebbs. The wind blows through the spruce trees. The school bus labors up the hill.
color:#484848″>Just another morning here.
color:#484848″>Later, in the kitchen, while you sip that coffee and read the news,
color:#484848″>the big old dog will groan in his sleep and you will look up
color:#484848″>just in time to see one apple on a bare tree, hanging on for dear life.
color:#484848″>Just another morning.
color:#484848″>Just another miracle.
