Mar
12
2009
I made two discoveries at the shore of the Susquehanna River. It was a mere four blocks away and I loved wandering to its shore never knowing exactly what I would see next. I always wondered why I hardly saw any crayfish in the river. Then one night I walked there with my flashlight and shone its light on the water. The crayfish were everywhere. Then I realized crayfish must be nocturnal creatures. That is why I did not see them too often during the day.
Another time, also from my small town, I wanted to see the stars better. There were just too many lights in town. I even went up to the hill by the cemetery and looked into the valley and at the sky–still the same story. There were too many lights to see the stars clearly.
Then one night I went to the River and there they were–the stars were in full display.
So many things are in plain sight but you have to change your routine slightly, walk, maybe, to a different spot, go at a different time and discover beauty was there all along. We are such creatures of habit and those habits sometimes imprison us and somehow you need to modify them to open up a different world that was at your feet all along. (to be continued)
