Peering Through
Day 280
I was Looking a Long While by Walt Whitman
I was looking a long while for a clue to the history of the past for myself, and for these
chants—and now I have found it;
It is not in those paged fables in the libraries, (them I neither accept nor reject;)
It is no more in the legends than in all else;
It is in the present—it is this earth to-day;
It is in Democracy—(the purport and aim of all the past;)
It is the life of one man or one woman to-day—the average man of to-day;
It is in languages, social customs, literatures, arts;
It is in the broad show of artificial things, ships, machinery, politics, creeds, modern
improvements, and the interchange of nations,
All for the average man of to-day.
chants—and now I have found it;
It is not in those paged fables in the libraries, (them I neither accept nor reject;)
It is no more in the legends than in all else;
It is in the present—it is this earth to-day;
It is in Democracy—(the purport and aim of all the past;)
It is the life of one man or one woman to-day—the average man of to-day;
It is in languages, social customs, literatures, arts;
It is in the broad show of artificial things, ships, machinery, politics, creeds, modern
improvements, and the interchange of nations,
All for the average man of to-day.
Cfbookchick - a Girl, a Camera, a Challenge... 
love the composition and depth of field here!
One of my co-workers HATES this photo! “The people are blurry in it!” And no matter how I try to explain that I was focusing on the books for a reason, she doesn’t get it! hehehe
I think it’s F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. Your co-worker is clearly unclear on the subject (puns intended). Love this shot.
You clever, punny girl, Kathryn! She really is unclear about most of my work though, but I love her anyway!
OH!!! I love this one!!! Playing hide and seek in the library, giggling, scurrying around like little mice with a not so quiet ‘shhhh’ whistling around the fingers on our lips..all this right under the stern librarians nose. What fun! 😀
I was the one playing hid and seek though! And you would not believe how noisy our library is! CrAzY!