A DAYDREAM BELIEVER

By Dan Miller
December 12, 2007

I've always been a bit of a daydreamer, and it doesn't take much to set my mind to wandering.

Karen, my wife, can vouch for that.
Several times a day she'll tell me something of great importance and -- too often -- my reply is apt to be, "Oh, I'm sorry, say that again, I didn't quite follow"... or, even more often, "Huh?"

Lost in boxes in an attic somewhere are old report cards from grammar school to further prove my point.
There are handwritten comments from my teachers saying things like, "Danny can do good work if he'll keep his attention in the classroom and stop looking out the window."

One thing that's sure to send my imagination soaring is a breezy, beautiful day.
Glancing out a window on such a day can transport me anywhere.

And here I go again.

I'm writing this on Tuesday afternoon, December 11th, dividing my attention between the computer screen, and a big newsroom window.

It's 76 degrees out there.
And, as I mentioned, it's December 11.
It's the warmest December 11th in Nashville's recorded history.
This is my youngest daughter McKensie's 9th birthday.
Yesterday was my middle daughter Darcy's 34th birthday.
The sky is bright and sunny.... puffy white clouds are drifting by.

There's just something about such a warm winter day....

And looking out at such a peaceful scene through this big window....

Like I'm doing now.................

That.... just takes..... my......
thoughts.......................................
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