I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.  -Amor Towles, The Rules of Civility

For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there’s nothing else. It’s here, and you’d better decide to enjoy it or you’re going to be miserable wherever [...]

The sunset in downtown Dallas, as seen from my bedroom.

Friday the 11th — orange, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. An orange Hawaiian sunset. Thankful that Hawaii seems to have escaped devastation from the tsunami. Praying for those in Japan. Honolulu, Hawaii September 24, 2010

11.20.10, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. fluffy, pink sunset

9.24.10, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. goodnight sun

9.4.10, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. sunset over a field in the middle of nowhere southwest France. where sheep were grazing 30 minutes earlier