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An excerpt from the novel by Carol Shields that Sarah is reading this week:

“This is a familiar yet unique scene. The precise pattern will occur only once – us, here, this moment engraved in a layer of memory – a thought that stirs me to wonderment.”

We picnicked by this fountain in the Villa Borghesi park, yesterday. It is beautiful and complex – it seems almost wild or organic as the water wears through the soft volcanic rock and the wild flowers (AKA weeds!) and moss grow and probably change with the seasons and from year to year.

Beautiful…melodic…and beloved by local birds!