For the last three years, I’ve been looking out over a courtyard from my desk at the university.

I’d never been in it in all that time.

Today, I finally rectified that.

I should work out there on a summer’s afternoon.

A courtyard surrounded by multistory brick and white buildings with large windows and a seating area with plants in the center.A courtyard features circular wooden benches surrounding small garden areas with plants, set against a backdrop of white brick buildings with large windows.