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This is Day 2 of "balcony sitting" - sitting out on my balcony all day, in the nice Spring weather, hammering away text on my phone, enjoying the birds and sunshine (and rain, should it ever arrive), and just basking in the ambiance of it all.
And there is a LOT of people watching to be done here. Overheard conversations, people coming/going to/from their cars and residences, the small conversations and words exchanged while they do so - just observing it all, really.
I saw a video a bit ago called "Alabama Spitfire" about the relationships Truman Capote had with Harper Lee when they were children, and how they would sit in a treehouse at Harper Lee's house and overlook their neighborhood and try to "solve mysteries" and "fight crime", much like the Sherlock Holmes novels they were both avid readers of. And eventually, Harper's father bought her an Underwood No. 5 typewriter, and they hauled it up into the treehouse, and they started to WRITE about the would-be crimes, and mysteries, and observances they made in the neighborhood. Capote would dictate to Lee (while she wrote) and Lee would dictate to Capote (while he wrote). Talk about a collaboration of two brilliant literary minds!
So, I sort of feel a kinship with that as I sit here on my second floor balcony. Seeing and hearing and witnessing all. And writing about some of it (via smartphone).
Fun stuff! :)
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