Some people experience feelings of depression in winter. My experience is different. I don’t experience depression but I do feel a bit pensive towards the end of the year.
This year is no different. A few hours ago I needed something to lift my spirit. The picture above did this. It was taken at Gantheaume Point in Broome some years ago. It is one of my favourite pictures. I felt good looking at the photograph but it wasn’t enough. I went looking for books and found one by Robert Fulghum, one of my favourite authors, on the book shelf. Gosh! when did I last go into my front study? Being home for a few days makes me feel like I’m walking through a haunted house.
I’d like to share one of Robert Fulghum’s quotes with you.
“Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air – explode softly – and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth – boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn’t go cheap, either – not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.”
It is joyous and always brings a smile on my face. My wish for you today is that it offers you the same experience.
Until next time
As always
a dawn bird
The church itself is austere from the outside. The architecture is Bavarian, stark white in the fierce sun.
Inside it is resplendent in mother of pearl that is evident everywhere.
As for me, … I’ll be somewhere on a beach, waiting for sunset.
A Shared Space 
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