This morning as I walked to Alewife along the bike trail I was treated to the sight of a family of swans slowly paddling up the Little River. There were the two parents and three fuzzy little cignets. They were so pretty, and the parents were so watchful and the cignets so goofy it made me smile with happiness at the rightness of the world. It also made me late for work, but hey, it was more than worth it.