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The Recorder - A Summer Day on the Buckland Common
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The Recorder - Practitioner of gratitude
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Farewell: Features Editor Andy Castillo pens his last article before departing The Recorder
Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Molten lava flowing from Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Kvernufoss waterfall in Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Wildflowers in Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Gulfoss Falls in Iceland. Staff Photo/Andy Castillo
Reynisfjara Beach, which is known for its black sand, in Iceland in 2016. Staff File Photo/Andy Castillo
Icelandic horses seen in 2016. Staff File Photo/Andy Castillo
Iceland in 2016. Staff File Photo/Andy Castillo
Listening to rainfall outside the window Staff Illustration/Andy Castillo
Have you ever just sat still and listened to the rainfall outside the window?
After a few minutes, thoughts tend to step aside and a calmer presence takes over. It’s as if the mind refocuses on a more natural frequency that of the earth attuning to its baseline rhythm.
With focused listening, it’s possible to distinguish individual raindrops. On their own, they’re insignificant tiny pinpricks of sound. But together, they create a gorgeous soundscape.
I engaged in this practice the other day, listening attentively as drops gently pattered onto the canopy of trees surrounding the yard; they fell from the roof and splattered in tiny popping sounds onto the muddy ground below; they landed on the gutters with sharp pings.
Outdoors section
Published: 4/28/2021 9:46:49 AM
One of the highlights of my Monday mornings is reading the “Outdoors” section of the Recorder. I look forward to Bill Danielson’s varied and informative columns and wonderful photographs, and Andy Castillo’s introspective, philosophical notes.
The nature photographs by neighbors are also fun, especially when such rare visitors as sandhill cranes are captured. However, there are sometimes misidentifications of birds in the photos; in the past few weeks for instance a red-bellied woodpecker was wrongly identified as a northern flicker, and this morning, a white-throated sparrow was incorrectly said to be a savannah sparrow.
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