"As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly or unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost." —E. B. White#
Hummingbird out front this morning, looping from flower to flower, glancing at this and that.#
On the other side of the kitchen window, a spider lowered itself a yard or more on an invisible thread of its own devising. This took maybe six seconds. That’s about 1/3 of a mile per hour.#
"As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly or unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost." —E. B. White#
Hummingbird out front this morning, looping from flower to flower, glancing at this and that.#
On the other side of the kitchen window, a spider lowered itself a yard or more on an invisible thread of its own devising. This took maybe six seconds. That’s about 1/3 of a mile per hour.#
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