Loureatha's Office Window

Room 220-W Window

While waiting for a conference call, I saw this view from my chair in a secretary's office at the USDA Whitten Office Building. Loureatha used to work out across the Beltway at the Carver Center in Beltsville where I got to know her. She has been working downtown Washington, D.C. for some time now - in some of the best and most visible office space in the entire capital city. This is a second floor window at the end of the west wing of the building. The potted plants on the window ledge, the scattered papers on the table below, and the outside light fixture make this otherwise remarkable view a little bit prosaic - something you could see from any office building anywhere in the country, but the Washington Monument in the distance brings you back to reality - this isn't just any office window in any city.