Five things I thought about during my morning run:

1. Gorgeous day for a run. Cool, but not cold. sunny, but not hot. Low humidity. Perfect.

2. The field of wildflowers I try to run by with each of my runs. Shades of green, purple, pink, and gold. A poet could take a lifetime and just write about the field. which reminds me of a Jane Austen quote I sort of live by as a writer: 3 or four Families in a Country Village is the very thing to work on,” she said.

3. Legs, don’t fail me now.

4. Mornings this week are a bit odd for us. One kid going to Charlottesville. The other babysitting in Waynesboro.

5. I think I could run longer this morning, but I’m pressed for time. Thirty minutes is good.