I'm feeling somewhat out of sorts. 

This week I feel has been one that lends to just such a reaction. I thought perhaps, it was in large part due to my bout of sickness. Being forced to hit the pause button, when I am inextricably the play button on the cassette deck of life, is without doubt a disturbance to the norm of day to day that causes an upset. 

Then I thought, perhaps it was the departure of dear friends, and the giggles and hugs that come with it that left a quietness that felt somewhat unsettling. But then the silence, is often what I love to fill with music, culinary olfaction, thoughts, singing..oh wait - sickness, sore throat. No singing...

Maybe it was the uptick of receiving two kind, unexpected, handwritten letters and cards that exuded winsome words and genuine warmth that made me smile, nay beam from the kidneys to my brow.