A particular image

If you’ve visited this blog at savenwood.com, you may have noticed the header image on the site: a swirling pattern of greens and browns. An aerial image. But of what?

This is the geographic origin of the blog you’re reading. More specifically, the location of its author.

From Google Earth, it’s an image of where I am on the east side of North America, from the perspective of about 100 miles above sea level.

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Sometimes to locate ourselves, we need to zoom out. Way out. And we can simultaneously note our very small place, as well as the remarkable reach of our connections across the planet.

Here’s to living on the ground and seeing from the clouds.