Today is lit up. Today is another chance to begin again. Today is walking the same path on a different day, the same but also completely different. Today is about letting go of everything but this moment. Today is time to practice, and time to rest. Today is the birthday of someone I love and someone else I love is dying. Today is an opportunity to start over, to come back, to stay, to surrender. Today is every tomorrow and all the yesterdays. Today is all there ever will be, all there ever was. Today is vast open space. Today is an invitation. Today is a prayer. Today is today, not yesterday or tomorrow or next week. Today is Thursday. Today is mine, and yet it doesn’t belong to me. Today is my to-do list. Today is the wild unknown.

I made strawberry freezer jam today, with local berries from Garden Sweet Farm. It’s the first time I’ve ever made it, and I’m not sure if it’s going to set. I meant to make a double batch, but by the time I mashed the berries and added the sugar, I think I had more like tripled it, but only had enough pectin for double. So instead I might have made some really yummy strawberry sauce, and I’m okay with that.