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“ 'Anything I learnt would have to be justified by private benefit rather than by the interest of others. My discoveries would have to enliven me; they would have in some way to prove ‘life-enhancing’.
The term was Nietzsche's. In the autumn of 1873, Friedrich Nietzsche composed an essay in which he distinguished between collecting facts like an explorer or academic and using already well known facts to the end of inner, psychological enrichment”
— The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
When you find the perfect mix of trees and powder and you start to drawing lines and make jump.
Some days ago in Montgenèvre
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~When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me and daily
Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, "Stay awhile."
The light flows from their branches~ Mary Oliver.
This year I have regained my love for reading especially poetry. My garden is just beyond these trees and headstones as is my grandmother's ashes. She passed before I was born but I have to say I feel so deeply connected to her almost like I know who she is, like we lived and walked this patch of grass together, hand in hand. Dad tells me I'm very similar to my gran...We both had a love for trees, reading, sewing and our favourite tipple....Dutch Advocate ;-) For now though I shall be amongst the trees <3 Miss you Gran. Abi xx