Simple Pleasures, Profound Joys

"Wonder - is not precisely Knowing." Emily Dickinson

(art by Paco Yao)

How do we approach the threshold of our days?

There’s a Swedish word that I love called Gökotta, which means “waking up early in the morning in order to go outside and hear the first birds sing.” Weather permitting, I do this every morning before work. I get ready, get dressed, make myself some coffee and go sit outside in the dark of ea…