View Master

In a July 4th greeting, Matt said that he can trace much of the course of his life back to a dog named "Kit". Got me thinking, and can I trace much of mine back to a View Master gifted me by an uncle who was the "wanderer" of his generation. That present at age six was a window into a larger world. I could dream beyond the horizon, facinated by people and places with names beyond what I could spell. I remember particularly the disks with photographs of Yosemite and Yellow Stone National Park. And there was England, and The Holy Land, The Tundra and Mexico. Boundaries and limitations obscured. The majesty of Creation celebrated. A lasting gift.