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Daily Dish

Mental Health Break

The Daily Dish
October 10, 2009

Time from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.

This is my Great-Grandfather's 1944 railroad watch. I've had it for years but only recently realized what was "under the hood." Watching the gears turn, even in real time, is very soothing to me.

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