With inspiration from my dear sister-in-law, Rachel, I embark on this adventure - capturing an image every day for a year both to have for myself and to share with you. My hope is that through this effort, I will "keep peace in the noisy confusion of life" - taking time to notice the small things, celebrate the big things, and more fully appreciate the gift of each new day. Of course, I had every intention of beginning this on January 1st - but when that day came and went without a blog, Rachel assured me that this project can begin on any day. After a slow start, I really hope I can pull it off - and that you'll enjoy it!

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Day 24 - February 2: "Well, Swell"

My dad's sister, Margy is a great story teller.  She taught grade school for many years in Palo Alto and spends summers traveling with friends to the far reaches of the world.  These trips provide her with a lot of great material, but she pulls from ordinary life as well - and with her dry wit, delivers very funny stories.  One day, she went to the DMV to get license plates for her new car.  After paying the fee, the clerk handed over two shiny new plates.  In an attempt to clear up the obvious misunderstanding, Margy asked him how the plates would actually get on the car.  Unapologetically, the man handed over a screwdriver.  With the new plates in one hand and the screwdriver in the other, Margy stood before her car in the DMV parking lot and sighed, "Well, swell".  Today I went to REI to buy a ski carrier for the car.  As the three strapping young men wedged the ski carrier designed to go on top of my car inside of my car, I suggested that it would make a lot more sense if they just put it where it was intended to go.  They responded that installation was not included but would be "really easy".  I drove away thinking of Aunt Margy. 
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