Garden Birdbath

Everybody likes to make discoveries.  Sometimes they include finding a book that changes a life, or reconnecting with a long lost friend or relative. They can be quite simple.  Often, however, they entail grand expeditions half way around our planet, involving years and years of planning  and volumes of financial backing. I love the 'aha moments' in life, especially the ones that come out of the blue. A while ago I stumbled on a secret in my own backyard. Hundreds upon hundreds of people walk past the Longfellow House on Congress Street everyday. On this particular day the front gate was open, and so I took a stroll. I had never been out back of the house in all my years of passing it by. To tell you the truth, I never even knew there was a backyard to the old brick structure. It was my discovery: a secret garden basking in morning sunlight. Today's word for all of us is--- Discover!