It’s a day off from work, not for travel or a vacation. But it’s a day off nonetheless. The reason is that no one can get their car out of the snow. Side streets are equally impossible. I realize, midway through the day, that I’m out of toilet paper. Not the last sheets on the [...]
The snow was packed mostly in the street, but there were uneven spots that made me weary. I didn’t notice until he and I were passing each other. He was headed uphill, from the direction I had come. We passed within five feet of each other, silent.
His clothes were from a more civilized era. H’s [...]
Saturday, February 6, 2010
There is only so much you can do when there is about twenty four inches of snow on the ground. So far today has been filled with reading, drinking various types of hot beverages, eating when the mood strikes, and lazing abouts.
There was a bit of time when I did go shooting though. Lots and [...]
Friday, December 19, 2008
In all the rush, I never even said goodbye to my parents. I arrived at National alone. It was the old National then–an unused practically abandoned airport with an outdated terminal, even though it’s an entirely different airport, I still call it national.
The humidity was a shock, having lived in California for my entire life. [...]
Friday, December 12, 2008
College really wasn’t an option for me.
Not that it was an impossible thing. My parents were going to make sure that I went to college. It was not an option in the fact that it was always assumed that I was going to go. It was only a matter of where.
Even though we didn’t have [...]