While swamped with work this week I didn't get to connect with neighbours--but today I did, swapping gratitudes with regulars taking tinto together before diving into their jobs.

Today, the subject was "lo cortés no quita lo valiente"--a Spanish way of saying "courtesy costs nothing", but with an inflection that highlights that it doesn't matter how intense life is or fierce you have to be in it: courtesy, conviviality, above all else.

I love my home so much.
May we all be present in our own.