1) Nature

Saturday.  A day for anything.  Discovering oneself.  Being active.  Today we tried a new restaurant.  Quiet, clean, food was okay.  But the best part was the sun coming in through the windows.  Afterwards, we went for a walk on a bike path.  We were covered by shady trees on both sides.  We walked for two hours.  The trees were breathing their cool mist on us.  Elegant!

6a) Discovering what we delight in

Another week has gone by.  A week at home and at work.  What a beautiful place I live in and commute to work to.  My office is replendent; spacious, with windows, a sofa, clean and spartan.  I recently moved in and threw away decades of papers, books, paraphernalia I don't need anymore.  I like getting rid of things, paring my life down to essentials.  I love beauty and art but do not want to own them, although I would like to be surrounded by them so they can also be shared by others.

I like cities; Boston, New York, Toronto, Montreal, San Francisco, etc, because one turns a corner and there's a quiet spot with fountains, statues, flowers and trees.  One wanders down a street and there are incredible buildings made from stone, inlaid with marble, old houses with red brick and the finest small details from the 17 or 1800s.  People in a city have such vibrancy.  Women walk with such confidence, wearing dresses and outfits that assert their beauty and their right to dominate their lives.

Outside of cities, there is nature and quiet and peace and cleanliness, but less people.  It would be perfect to find a place that has both.

4) Special Places

Home - what I like:

1. The Quietness
2. Spareness of furnishings
3. My family
4. My pets
5. The greenness outside
6. Every window, door open so that there is the barest of barriers between inside and outside
7. Everything I like to eat just steps away whenever I want it
8. Hardwood, polished, gleaming floors
9. A small cottage
10. The sound of cicadas and the wind through the trees.

5) Time Alone to explore the world

Just back from Boston.  My top ten list:

1. The Freedom Trail
2. Beacon Hill
3. Watching sail boats on the Charles River from the Esplanade
4. Marlborough Street in Back Bay
5. MIT Museum and walking through MIT's buildings
6. My room which had a magnficent view of the Charles River
7. Faneuil Hall
8. Winsor Dim Sum in Chinatown
9. Boston Public Library
10. Time to just wander all day, sit in the shade when you're tired and feel wonderful.

Beginnings

This is a blog to celebrate life.  There are so many good things in this world;

1. Nature
2. Pets
3. Friends
4. Special Places
5. Time Alone to Explore the World
6. One's own discovery of oneself
• 6a) Discovering what we delight in
• 6b) Developing our talents

Post what you last enjoyed.  Let's share the world together!