The Richwood Report

Sometimes people tell us to stop and smell the roses. It might be better to stop and see them, as well. This blogger has some good observations on, well, observation. A quote:

John Burroughs, Sharp Eyes, from Locust and Wild Honey:

Nevertheless the habit of observation is the habit of clear and decisive gazing: not by a first casual glance, but by a steady, deliberate aim of the eye, are the rare and characteristic things discovered. You must look intently, and hold your eye firmly to the spot, to see more than do the rank and file of mankind.