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Pretty day...the leaves brilliant shades of fire and gold...sparkling yellows, rusting reds...like looking at a sky filled with slivers of gold and garnet, with spots of orange, a tracing of blue, and leathery brown. Nose itchy though. Eyes too. Catch in the throat. There's always a downside, isn't there?
Wandered around Rufus King Park, big and beautiful with long stretching lawns and giant trees to my city girl eyes, while tiny and dirty to many of my suburban co-workers who inhabit that vast reaches of Long Island. The homeless nap on benches, their clothes pulled up to their eyebrows, basking in the sun. Couples stroll. A few dog walkers here and there. And there's a guy discussing aids on his cell phone.
I was going to talk about other things, about the abuses of modern day pirates and would-be kings...who wield power
like ...it was nothing. But I am tired. This week a friend stated that she felt overwhelmed by the news, it made her feel powerless and tiny and she wanted to pull inside herself, like a turtle in a shell. Impossible to change anything.
I feel that way too. Every day battered by the news. On the phone, chatted with my mother, who told me about the Penn State scandal. ( Read more... )
Off to watch mindless tv and make dinner.
Wandered around Rufus King Park, big and beautiful with long stretching lawns and giant trees to my city girl eyes, while tiny and dirty to many of my suburban co-workers who inhabit that vast reaches of Long Island. The homeless nap on benches, their clothes pulled up to their eyebrows, basking in the sun. Couples stroll. A few dog walkers here and there. And there's a guy discussing aids on his cell phone.
I was going to talk about other things, about the abuses of modern day pirates and would-be kings...who wield power
like ...it was nothing. But I am tired. This week a friend stated that she felt overwhelmed by the news, it made her feel powerless and tiny and she wanted to pull inside herself, like a turtle in a shell. Impossible to change anything.
I feel that way too. Every day battered by the news. On the phone, chatted with my mother, who told me about the Penn State scandal. ( Read more... )
Off to watch mindless tv and make dinner.
