{"id":21307,"date":"2026-05-24T00:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/24\/it-was-as-if-one-might-live-forever-seeing-these-things\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:32:16","slug":"it-was-as-if-one-might-live-forever-seeing-these-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/24\/it-was-as-if-one-might-live-forever-seeing-these-things\/","title":{"rendered":"It was as if one might live forever, seeing these things,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8236-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"feeling them flow, one into another,\" class=\"wp-image-21304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8236-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8236-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8236-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8236-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8236.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">feeling them flow, one into another,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8244-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"like the river of bees that streamed all summer long\" class=\"wp-image-21305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8244-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8244-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8244-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8244-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8244.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">like the river of bees that streamed all summer long<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8255-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"out a knothole in the side of the house, \u2014David Dodd Lee\" class=\"wp-image-21306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCF8255-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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