Stage Fright...

...is what you get
when you have been writing quietly
and you think that it would be a good idea
to publish some of your work
and you are overwhelmed
by the warmth of the welcome.

Under such a bright spotlight
the post that was planned
seemed too trivial.

Perhaps the best thing to do
is the most obvious
- to thank you all for your friendship -
How lucky I am to be part of
this extraordinary community of bloggers...
while I was away
I missed the daily conversation
that I had taken for granted.

So many of you sent caring emails
- thank you to each of you for your thoughfulness.

I am particularly grateful to Bobby
who read this blog before it was public
and was so perceptive and encouraging.

I would also like to credit Trash,
a long time blog-friend,
who quoted Baudelaire in a comment months ago.
It was the springboard that launched this blog

"a multitude of small delights
constitute happiness"

My objective is very modest:
to record the small things that make me smile.

I hope that they make you smile too.