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I knew it was going to be a long day of traveling from site to site, and so I told a friend that I would send him dispatches from the road.

Instead, I find myself choosing to share some dispatches from the kitchen as part of a quick coffee break. 

Okay, a last sip, and then back out into the day. Have a good one, folks. 😉

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In the field next door behind the chain link fence grow dandelions.  Above the yellow heads skim white butterflies.  A few starlings walk about.  No other animals do I see.  Green grass uncut.  A few scattered purple pansies.  And, always, always, the ash gray and brown bark of the nearby dying trees.

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the oak tree

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You can read more about my fascination with blurry windows here.

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The view outside one of my windows, after the rains ended.  The sun still shines.  I know that I am a lucky person.

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or maybe seaweed washed ashore.

In fact, a small bundle of dried spring blossoms found on the ground.

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By on the road, I mean walking around my Somerville neighborhood.  Still chilly, but felt good to be out of the house and seeing what spring has to offer.

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“Never ridicule windows.  It is out of windows that many fall to their death.  By windows love often enters. Through a window went the bolt that killed King Richard.  … When a mob would rule England, it breaks windows, and when a patriot would save her, he taxes them.  Out of windows we walk on to lawns in summer and meet men and women, and in winter windows are drums for the splendid music of storms … The windows of the great cathedrals are all their meaning. But for windows we should have to go out-of-doors to see daylight. After the sun, which they serve, I know of nothing so beneficent as windows.” — by Hilaire Belloc in The Path to Rome (1902)

 

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Where do you find beauty?  I find it in the strangest, most wonderful of places, like peering through the window glass.  I hope you enjoy the following essay, Finding Beauty, now appearing at Creativity-Portal.com, an award-winning website that helps one explore, nurture and express creativity.

a neighboring tree

a neighboring tree

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