I awoke this morning with a happy heart.

– I slept comfortably, without pain, my arms wrapped around my wonderful wife, where they belong.

– I took Red out for a brief round of sheepherding, it’s too hot and buggy to do much, but he enjoyed it and so did I.

– My new e-book, “Who Speaks For The Carriage Horses: The Future Of Animals In Our World,” was published this morning and is now onsale for $3.99, it is a book I never expected to write, I am as proud of it as any book I have ever written. It is about the horses, but also about truth and the way we treat one another.

– I watched some of the World Cup Soccer match with George Forss at his museum and gallery Sunday, it was great to spend time with George, his new communications system was stellar – two flat screens bouncing signals upstairs and back down again, an invisible air condition system fed by fans. George and I are going to see “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes” this week together, I can’t drive, so I will go in his giant new boat of a car. I am so lucky to know George.

I know little of soccer, the game was intense and fast-moving. I think I am just not programmed for sports or TV-watching.

– I breezed up and down Macmillan Road this morning, it was hot and buggy, it felt good. I am going to see the cardiologist this afternoon, hopefully I can get off some of the medications I am taking, the bottles fill a whole table.

– I am healing in a new and different way, moving more fluidly and generally with less pain. I tire easily, but am coming into my life, I think this is good for about two weeks. Walked a mile-and-a-half this morning, strong and easy. People seem astonished that I am alive and walking around.

-Maria is beginning to return to her life, setting up her studio. My heart is always happy when I think of her and her wonderful creativity.

-I am increasingly aware of how poorly I was feeling and how much better I am feeling now. My heart is, I think, happy right now.