Life in the Slow Lane

I took a stay-cation for 2 weeks in January.   I enjoyed doing things that are nearby.   Staying home is easy, relaxing and cheap...    And you get to avoid going through Sea-Tac's body scanners or gropers which is another plus.  

  

 

 Mom was a famous stay at home type.  I would tell

Mom and me 1955

her of an exciting trip I was planning and she would say

things like 'the moon is just the same wherever you go'.

I'm finally taking that to heart.

I rediscovered the Seattle Central Library.  I've only been there a few times since it was built. Now I had time to do something besides admire it from a distance.  I'm usually just catching glimpses of its amazing architecture while driving by.

At the corner of Madison and 5th -



Escalator to book heaven



  There are a million books (literally) in this library.  I checked one out. 



       There is something to say for 'slow living' , staying home, enjoying the little things and rediscovering what is right around you.  Now I'm back into the fast pace, multi-tasking and high energy world of work and liking that too.  The yin and yang of life