If you saw my post this weekend, you’ll know I’m posting 30 Days of Gratitude here this year, and I invite all of you to post things you’re grateful for in the comments as well. I have several things to be grateful for today, including a mostly clean bill of health from my doctor this afternoon (except for my cholesterol, which is suddenly not ideal and will necessitate doubling down on fruits and veggies and exercise until we check it again in a few months), and also my lovely cat Salaadin. (He is up here on my desk trying to get me to pet him as I type up this post. I will oblige because I love him so. You can’t see how blue his eyes are in this photo because of the warm backlight from my desk lamp, but he’s quite the beauty.)

And here is an earworm for you: “Come on Home” by Franz Ferdinand, which has been rattling around in my head for a few days. Enjoy!