Images in the Cement

Mouse holding beer away, like he's had too much to drink.

How much is your Mental Health worth?

I wrote a 6 page essay on this & am trying to bust it into shape.

To be published!!

And the autumn

The trees, so full of color.

The world was black and white for a full 2 years after my Father died.

Entering the city, again. A walk to prevent CS. Today.

All those people under the bridge.

The ones who were saddled with a diagnosis. The ones who were really tormented by demons, and the others who were sad from circumstance.

The homeless guy at Alewife. Woke up as we lined up for the bus. His keys were jangling. (Keys??). 

Someone was trying to clean up the sooty area.  Collected the cardboard into a pile. Grabbed his bag, brought it inside, couldn't find him.  Came back out & waited.

The sun sets on the beaches

There are beaches here where the sun turns the water silver flat.

It started at Anjos/Angels

And now is approaching Praia.

I swear I saw it today.

Silver blinding everyone.

Stripping color from our few remaining days of summer.

Sunrises, Sunsets

I like the sunrise, because it reminds me of the sunsets I've witnessed on vacation.

And before that, as a kid, in my neighborhood, the natural transitions of everyday life as a child, playing until dusk.  Having so much fun at doing something that you forget everything around you.

And then sunrises.  The first one I remember witnessing.  We had "borrowed" a friend's car and we drove it all over town, talking all night.  It was not that much of a change, just a chance to be carefree.  In a NEW enclosed space.  (We were roommates)  I cannot bring myself to talk to her now.  But then, we stayed up til the sun.  We pulled up to a beach, I do not remember if it was too cold to get out of the car, or if we walked to the shore.  I think we stayed in the car and then drove back to the dorm.

The other sunrises that I recognize from trips to Greece.  Or having to get up early for a flight.  Or to commute.  When i had a job in Insurance.

It reminds me of the transitions of normal life.  These sunrises that I witness, crossing Times Square, heading east to the coffeeshop.  The very drunk very dutch girl, who asked for help and advice about dealing with her cocaine addiction.  There's a number you can call....

This morning I awoke to a Santa Maria Sunrise

I have an incredible view of the world. I am on vacation with my family, visiting them in the Azores.  Across the world.

A place of delight.  A place called home.

Never Too Rich To Be Poor

There is much complaining in this city about saving the city from developers.

Reminds me of the saying, "They came for the -- and I didn't complain because I wasn't --. And when they came for me, there was nobody left to speak up"

Because all your neighbors are fat cats who don't live in their apartments!

What is the difference between the person who serves the Starbucks and the guy who orders? All those expensive .50 cent oatmeal preps!!

Last Year I Did Not Have the Spring

And this year, I am careful to look everywhere at the sky, at the trees, as they inch out the green buds.

Inch by inch, and every day seems cold.

I remember coming to Waltham for a long time.  Not visiting between January and April.  And then being at "home" for a long time.

This year, it seems easy. Easier if I wasn't sick.

Angie & Ruby Tuesday and Flapper's Guide!

Combine all of them into a series of NYC short stories!!
Linked by seeing or acknowledging each other!!

Bridge

Combine with Angie!!

Magic world but not for the Alc. He follows everyone around, but he is invisible. Not such a great superpower.