Sparkling piles of auto glass from broken-into cars (in the park this morning); A screech owl heard in the pre-dawn; Hummingbirds sipping from the blue salvia in a lovely little meditation garden in a park where I rode my bike yesterday; Oh, and my favorite: Uproarious laughter from the group of black men who hang out in the pool hall as they loudly discussed Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting tribulations last night. The loudest laughs and exclamations from the man who is typically very quiet and self-contained and plays a hell of a game of one-pocket. I almost laughed out loud myself it was that infectious! They also observed that the news is BS and wondered what is really going on behind all of it (not unlike my own thoughts regarding the “news”).