Window screens...I know perfectly well why American windows have them, but I don't particularly like them. Detest is a strong word, but that is the word I want to use. Yes, I like no bugs inside. But I would rather endure the bugs of Missouri to have an uninhibited breeze of fresh air and an uninhibited view of nature. I prefer the brilliant colors of reality, not covered over with a layer of gray to keep out the buggies.
Screens make the outdoor view blurry and somehow make me feel trapped inside. I know that I'm using quite a bit of hyperbole, which apparently I do often, but it's the way I feel. I wish we could go to euro-no-screen-windows and shuddered windows. That's my longing for my adopted home.
I do love that the library has a window with no screen, which I tend to sit by and on occasion open. Not the most profound of posts... just some random rambling and homesickness.
