So it has been over a month now that I am unemployed. My new routine has put me in places around our neighborhood during times of the day I am normally never here – like always. But anyway, I see a lot more of my neighborhood now and here are some notable images:
A man and woman jumping up and down and laughing while shaking out a blue blanket in their front yard.
A woman in a frilly black dress, barefoot, walking her black dog.
Red tulips at 8:40 a.m. lit up with the morning sun.
Mary Biddinger driving to work in her red car. Very serious. very serious.
Goldfinches.
Every goddamn tree and bush, block after block, in bloom with snowy little flowers.
If this is not the upside of downtime, I don't know what is.
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You certainly picked a nice year to have springtime unemployment!
I saw your question to Julie Z about being in Akron.
I saw her there last April at the public library.
Perhaps you were there, too?
Nina, thanks for the note. Yes, that sounds entirely possible since I am often at the library. You just don't forget a name like Zicke ... Ziken ... Z? Like you said.
The STANZAS license plate is a dead giveaway!
I think I've seen y'all on Merriman after dropping my son off with my ma. Amazingly, I recognized you guys by the pup! Cuties, all of you!
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