Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Out Until Dark















It was freedom to walk away from my desk--work and worries--and go out in the middle of the afternoon while there was still plenty of light. These trees, one on each side of the entrance of a building on Lenox, grow full in unobstructed light, fill the scrappy front yard, and shade the worn facade. The woman in a pink sari came home.















I went on to the beach and walked north at low tide. Yellow flags at the lifeguard stations signaled rough water, danger, rip tide; purple flags signaled more danger from men of war and jelly fish. I picked my way. The surf was cold.

Feet back in Crocs, I walked west and bought a loaf of bread, west again to the thrift shop, where I bought forks. By the time I got to Flamingo Park, the lights were on. Five thirty, school night, parents, mostly mothers out with their children, people in motion laying out dinner.















The lights shone brighter. I watched children play soccer. By the time I got home it was dark, new moon invisible.
















9 comments:

  1. How good to be back in Crocs! May the wind, as they say, be always at your back as you walk from the work and worries.

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  2. Walking with you, dear Mim. . .

    . . . and happy to know that by the time you arrived home, a new moon was visible.

    L, C xo

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  3. it' s all about the atmopshere which occurs through your words, your writing, which I appreciate so much!

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  4. Thank you for returning, the meaning of time and life.


    Please have a good Thursday.

    daily athens

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  5. Always nice to take a walk with you -- barbara

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  6. I'm glad you all came along as I went about my small life. I was grateful to follow the light.

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  7. Loved that walk around your neighbourhood. Many thanks.

    Greetings from London.

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  8. Words like snapshots, snapshots like words.

    Cheers, Mim,

    John

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