Walking down the quiet Canal

Tina over on her Blue Moon blog wrote about how essential it is to have time alone in order to let the creative juices have their space.  Time to oneself to contemplate in.

Time with friends is essential to the soul as well.

I don’t get a whole lot of Karen time or time with my other friends back home–and I missed two of them this round–but I’ve usually managed to get back East once a year, and it does wonders for me; California is home now, but can never be so on quite the same level.

My quiet Potomac and the Canal are part of who I am.  This is where I contemplate best.  These are some of the loveliest spots on earth to me.  Here is someone who took far better pictures (and at a better time of day and year) than I did; enjoy!