Today is national Inauguration Day, as well as the start of the State Legislature. The mood is upbeat, and folks seem to be feeling a little more hopeful than we have for a while. Amazing, isn't it, the difference that can be made by just one person? Of course, President Obama cannot fix the economy, end the wars and cure everybody's asthma all by his little self-- we need to help him. Whichever side of the political aisle you're on, reach your hand across to the other side so we can once again enjoy the prosperity and abundance here.

There will be a celebratory gathering at my house tonight. And I plan on having a great big bunch of forsythia on the table- it's bright cloud of yellow, the color of sunlight, frivolity and laughter, by the way- acts as a beacon of hope.

Events have the meanings we assign to them. So If you're celebrating a new administration, or mourning the loss of the last one, treat yourself well today. No matter what happens, we are all in this together- we succeed, or fail, as one.

Keep blooming, everybody.