recognizing gifts

There is, I remind myself, no more direct pathway to peace,

no simpler way to encounter beauty,

no better way of slowing down.

than to try to practice devotion right where I am,

doing each day's tasks as they come

and building a life around what is already here.

From The Gift of an Ordinary Day , by Katrina Kenison

Gram Lowry's applesauce cake,
 with applesauce made from our apple trees.
Recipe here.