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Thoughts, so many travel with me as I walk in the mornings. For a long time I did not make time to be out of doors. I need the sun, the sound of the breeze, the flight of birds, dragonflies in bottle green and beautiful blue. I don’t live in a beautiful place, still there is beauty to be found in the sky, in the air, in the light that dances on dirty waters. I want to see what is in my world such as it is, where I am as I am. I am not a traveler though I have gone so many places in the pages of books that I have read and stories I have written. Finding what matters here, now, without longing for mountains and vast and beautiful scenery can be difficult. I do think mountains are beautiful, but there aren’t any here. There are oak trees, pines and cedars. There are tiny ferns growing between the cracks of side walks. Two frogs live just outside my back door. Sometimes they come inside and I have to catch them and put them back outside. When I hold them they aren’t afraid of me. They know my voice, they know who I am. They don’t struggle as I carry them to where they belong. The also don’t pee on me either, which is an added bonus. I love this simple life that I have been granted.

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