March 10, 2011

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Happy birthday Alexia!

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Henry David Thoreau

In Boston and its environs King was walking in the backyard of one of his most important intellectual influences, Henry David Thoreau. He and "this courageous New Englander" had first crossed paths while he was in his teens at Morehouse College in Atlanta as the World War II was ending.

When I went to Morehouse as a freshman in 1944, my concern for racial and economic justice was already substantial.

... To be continued.

Image ... Witch hazel. Fenway Victory Gardens, Boston.

March 15, 2010

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A storm-swept trek to Brighton by bus and on foot. Soaked to the skin the minute I stepped off the bus. Disoriented - the map being not the territory, plus the map was on my iBook - and lost. On the edge of hypothermia by the time I caught the #1 back home. The storm continues but it seems to be blowing itself out.

Image ... Garden umbrella. The Fens, Boston.

March 10, 2010

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This image was made yesterday on a walk back home through the South End. It's a view into a fortune teller's storefront, melding the items in the display window with reflections from the sky and street.

There are three fortune teller shops in the South End. How this is possible and who frequents them I can't imagine. And they seldom seem to be open. This one I've never seen any signs of life in. Maybe they can just predict that you're coming and somehow be there. Maybe there's an article in this. Or maybe it's unlucky to repeat what a soothsayer says. So to speak. Very mysterious.

Visited clients in Bay Village and Beacon Hill. Hung out in the garden soaking up the sun.

Emails from Richard Vacca and the South End Historical Society this morning regarding the King project.

Image ... Buddha at the crossroads. Boston, Mass.