The winter, really just new born, continues to ache with discomfort and misery. We look everywhere for some signs of happiness and I was thinking today of a similar gray day in November when I encountered a small flock of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialus) at the head of the trail of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.

So right now while I am looking out at the sea and becoming enveloped by a great gloom December umbra, my thoughts returned that moment last month. I pulled up the picture on my computer to post it here. I am reminded that in fact everywhere there is truth and in truth there is beauty. Always look to the sunrise and always seek the bluebird, that is the symbol of happiness.