Air and Sunshine into My Brain

Already I’ve seen that when you’re pulled away from your normal routine, it’s as though air and sunlight come into your brain and do a little housecleaning.  A lifting up of what’s been practically rusted into place to reveal something else, a thing that makes you understand the origin of the phrase ‘new and exciting’, a phrase usually offered with irony, in order to hide the longing.

~ elizabeth berg, Tapestry of Fortunes