in my house

"it was not merely the curious customs that stimulated our imaginations: there was an indefinable atmosphere about the place and the people which left us at a loss.  the mixture of simplicity and elegance was in itself bizarre but still more so was the combination of absolute personal liberty with what was evidently in some ways a rather severe discipline."

i've often thought that i'd like someone to look into the windows of my world and have this to say about it.