In the Vacation of My Mind…
I am a small boy on the beach at Cape Cod. My whole world is the sun and the sand and ocean. Everything is important, exciting and fun – running to get back in the water, swimming with fins on, scanning the sea for ships, collecting shells, examining washed up fish…
I’m hiking in a Vermont woods. Glimpses of the valley start appearing through the trees and I’m excited to know I am getting higher up mountain. I stop and catch my breath, anticipating the view from the top and what a beautiful day it is…
I’m walking along the narrow cobblestone streets of a Tuscan hill town, searching for the cool interior of a church were I can view an obscure fresco by a Renaissance master…
I’m in a de Havilland Beaver float plane flying around Seattle with my wife, and marveling at the beauty of the Great Northwest on a rare, for there, sunny day…
In the vacation of my mind, I sure as heck ain’t at work!
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