If you will take the time to observe her, nature has many vantage points from which it will happily display its beauty for you. One of those locations is New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee.
There, you can enjoy the absolute clarity of a bright, sunny day -- no air pollution or artificial haze. Yesterday, as I sat near the dock, blue water spread itself out beyond the mouth of the cove to the opposite shoreline, where the southern sun lit up a broad 60-foot tall line of pines and deciduous trees acting as sentinels, guarding the water‘s edge.
Beyond the trees, the bold-green ridge of the Ossipee Mountain Range rose in the background, pushing itself up against a cluster of cotton clouds jutting out behind the peaks. The remainder of the sky displayed its blue dome, empty of clouds, completing the contrast.
People and processes here can be just as colorful. Nearby, the Moultonborough Public Library boasts a recently renovated and expanded building with quiet reading rooms, computers, and a wi-fi network, just like the Bridgewater location of the Somerset County Library System. One wonders how the people and government of the Granite State accomplish this and more with neither an income nor a sales tax; but, by golly, they do.
Saturday, my wife checked out a DVD, asking whether she might charge it against my daughter’s library card. No problem, said the librarian. Another day, when she returned a past-due DVD, my wife asked about the fee and was told that there is none. Oh, by the way, though, there is a “conscience donation.” Just drop what you think is fair in the basket! Honesty expected; honesty given.
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