A Golden Ribbon of Light

Emerging from my cozy coffee-table pavilion, I marched toward the glass patio door where bright morning sunlight pooled across the floorboards. Right at the threshold, I spotted a lost wooden clothespin and a folded brown paper seed packet printed with tiny sunflower drawings. An official morning ceremony was clearly called for! With polite determination, I nudged the clothespin upright and slipped the edge of the seed packet into its wooden jaws like a proud commemorative signpost. Watching the warm beam of light drape over my new honorary outpost felt like cutting the ribbon on a brand-new day of adventures.