Day 3 - 219 -- Freeing Activity

It has been a productive day. Besides the usual Saturday tasks, I spent some time shredding and a lot of time working with the stamp collection. It was quite hot again today, so the trips to the basement to deal with laundry were welcomed. Just as the air outside cooled, rain and thunder arrived. It left fairly quickly, so windows are open again. Forecasts are for possible t-storms overnight, too.

I've always enjoyed sorting through stamps and finding new ones. I am a collector at heart <smile>.  Each tiny stamp is a work of art describing culture, history, values, geography and so much more from all over the world. Whenever I travel, I look for a post office to see what interesting stamps they have available. I have been looking for public health issues on stamps for many years. These include breastfeeding, healthy eating, disease risk reduction -- and I have a small but special group of these from across the years and around the world. Popular culture on stamps can be fun, too -- musicians, movie and TV programs, books, comics -- they've all appeared on stamps. I love my rock icons on stamps from Canada, UK and USA as well as the US issues of country and jazz singers. Wonderful sculpture and paintings appear in my collection -- the Group of Seven, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Inuit sculpture, and many new and emerging artists. I love them all!

The day was one that let me travel in my mind to many places. This brought a song lyric to my thoughts -- one that noted the whimsy and free feeling that this activity brings. I laughed when I thought of the title <smile>. So -- it isn't just my TV and flickering screens that have me travelling around today. Enjoy!

Rio -- Michael Nesmith