Cherry Blossoms and the After Life

One could see the cherry blossoms by the side of the road today. The lavender in my garden is blossoming. The temperature reached into the 80's (Fahrenheit). It's strange to watch Spring descend from the heavens. Still, it always returns. I have to be grateful. I ate dim sum today and thought about the Chinese people. I drove many miles to do my grocery shopping. This is a year of Asian cooking for me. The market I went to did not disappoint. Of course, I bought incense to honor my ancestors (and my love).  I suspect that if we are reincarnated, it is from the Chinese. I spent the day grocery shopping for bamboo shoots and pork. A man helped me at the meat counter. I could hear him speaking Chinese to the butcher for me. I was very grateful because I don't speak Chinese. Maybe someday I will, but for now, English and Spanish are all I really have. I am lucky to live in a world filled with many languages. I know that his accent was what first made me fall in love with my man. Coyotes don't have accents (that I know) so I must go to save my dogs from the coyotes as that is all I can hear right now.