Gold's up. Oil is up. Equities are down. Three for three……….good! As we all let their stops do their work, I'll start the morning off with a different subject: nature.
Although I grew up and have always lived as a suburbanite, I strongly believe that spending some time close to nature is restorative for the soul. Yesterday I took my little girl for a walk in the woods here in Tahoe. It was very quiet, and we just strolled amongst the tall connifers and looked and listened to the stream.
Just to sit and stare at something as simple as this is calming. You can hear the wonderful sounds of the water; notice the beautiful way it flows around and above the rocks; look at the colors of the rocks and let the artistry of the plants draping themselves above the stream form a natural picture.
My girl found a long twig and slid it through the stream, pretending to "fish". It was really cute. We stayed there for a while, and it amplified for me the belief that kids have to be outdoors at least some of the time to appreciate God's creation (or the FSM's). Because what the market wants to push on children is a lot closer to this:
Yuck. One picture sure cancels the other out, doesn't it?
