Celebrating the Success of Others

So I could take the time here to complain about the many pains that have started to plague me on that long, slow march to the grave, but instead, I'll choose to be happy about my friend Clare's new book deal.

Clare has been writing Three Beautiful Things since May 2004. It's a really simple concept: recording three things each day that have given her pleasure.

What I like best about Clare's 3BT is that in the hands of a less capable writer, it could get really icky - all kittens and cupcakes.

But Clare's got the discerning eye of someone who's spent their life looking closely at and appreciating the natural world, which is full of bugs, muck, and other ickiness. She's able to see beauty where other people might not -- there was one a while back, I recall, about the slight feeling of relief you get after throwing up.

I don't remember how I found 3BT, but I do regard it as a sort of "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear" experience.

So her book -- 300 Beautiful Things -- has the potential to influence lots more people.

Either on the loo, or off.