Some years ago I was sitting in a wicker chair on a front porch. At the time I was a pipe smoker.

And to this day I enjoy iced tea…. Well, I was sitting on the chair on the porch. It was a late spring afternoon and the temperature was about seventy one point six degrees. The sky was only over cast enough to make the lowering sun less annoying yet letting it shine just enough. The aroma of Virginian and Burley tobacco embraced me and the iced tea cooled my throat just the right way.I heard the high-low song of a chickadee and there was a gentle breeze that carried no chill, only refreshment. No other ambient noise invaded the moment…. I felt a smile ….I thought about absolutely nothing else.