Snow was falling softly when I woke up this morning but not enough to present a problem with the driveway, just enough to be pretty. Big fat flakes falling languidly down from the sky. Another form of water, the amazing element!
I went to the beach with Tim and Molly this morning and Tim took long-exposure pictures of the beautiful tumultuous waves while Molly and I ran to the end of the beach and back again. I think it is about 1.5km.
The ancient philosopher Empedocles was right when he named water as the most important of the four elements into which he categorised everything on earth. Even if it is technically speaking H2O.Water is magical. It is a major part of ritual in most religions on earth. Water can do just about anything: carve, cleanse, rush, meander, bubble, babble, destroy, delight, purify, wash, be gentle rain, be cruel torrent, be hard or soft, be salty or fresh, hold life, give life, take away life. We are all made mostly of water. Would that we could all flow together in the same direction more often.
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