Lounging in my chair, a wonderful red-tail hawk soars by. I struggle out of my chair, grab my camera and capture a picture of “where the hawk was”.
This woman had been to Trader Joe’s and was taking a fine orchid plant home with her. On the bus. She rather reminds me of this old verse:
If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft,
And from thy slender store, two loaves alone to thee are left,
Sell one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.
Mosleh Eddin Saadi—Gulistan. (Garden of Roses.)
I am not saying that this lady is bereft of funds. But it takes a certain courage of the soul to take orchids home on the bus on a chilly windy fall day.
I was on the bus because I went to vote. Not any real reason to vote. I am pretty sure that my votes for Tim Kane and Don Byer were not needed. At least I sure hope they are not needed. But, we have to vote. Even when “it doesn’t matter”. Rather like taking orchids home via public transit.
This is about 100 yards from the finish line.