“All splendid things are rare.”

— Cicero

And my favorite pier, the place where I go to sit above the water and meditate, to lose myself in my surroundings, to let my soul wallow in what brief bit of nature can be found here in the heart of Dallas. . .

[work continues to occupy a great deal of my time, yet I found a few moments to offer these images from a recent walk—while I sit here waiting for someone else to do their thing so I can finish solving a problem; ah, the joys of infrastructure spread all about the country like so much flotsam. . .]