Beauty

I've been hanging onto an old horoscope clipped from the free independent weekly in the Appalachian mountain town where I made my home for five years before returning to New England.  It begins as an homage to the unconventional attractiveness of Cate Blanchett's nose and ends with this:

"Please take a cue from me as you evaluate the unacknowledged beauty in your own sphere, Scorpio.  It's crucial that you rebel against our culture's absurdly generic standards."

My rebellion is, admittedly, a quiet and understated one, but it is persistent and fearless.  More to follow...

For now, I close with an image of unexpected beauty revealed when cutting into some watermelon radishes from the farmer's market: