There is something wonderfully relaxing and engaging about a home that is cluttered with the various mementos of a well-traveled life. Hand painted tiles sit comfortably next to collections of seashells and stones. Assorted pots and crockery frame snapshots and smiles. Colorful paintings, drawings and posters guide movement along hallways and walls. All promise singular explanation.
Such treasures spilling from warm family rooms and kitchens onto porches and gardens welcome friends, family, and strangers as one, assuring all that conversation and laughter will follow. Long forgotten tales of adventure, lost luggage, affable locals, and wrong turns ending in happy discoveries are shared amongst plates of food and glasses of wine. Smiles and candles burn long into the night.
Not easily replicated, this charm is a true art that is cultivated over a lifetime and across many paths. It flows from a wonder about all that this earth offers and a quiet urge to compare and understand the many facets of the human experience. I admire and aspire to such engagement.
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