There is a time just before dark comes down over the parking lot, when the intense blue of the darkening sky, the sparkle of streetlights and a touch of snow can make a fairyland of a shopping center. We had just been to Carl's Jr. for a Turkeyburger (tasty, cheap, no kitchen mess, and accompanied by the most astonishing old music--My Sharona, The Beatles, even The Monkees!) and there was this magic. I like the way also that a lens makes the parallel lines converge, makes walls and buildings lean. In this case, an already-crooked stop sign adds to the magic. And the red awning gave the necessary fillip to the whole.
Well, I am two weeks in and still cranking! Tomorrow, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Honest!!
meditations is on my list for this year. So was Moby Dick, so obviously something is going on.
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