Single-room-occupancy hotels, once common, are gradually disappearing from Chicago.
The scheme of things
A few more pictures from my recent walk with Bob at the bird sanctuary. So much has been happening in every day! It is calming to look at photographs of fog, because fog is simplifying. It emphasizes the scheme of things.
Closely watched
We wait to be absorbed into the vortex of spring. We scan the trees for signs that it is coming. Reluctant spring has teased us to the point where it is no longer fun.
In the flower shop
The holiday being over is a bit of a let-down, isn’t it? I feel we all need a little cheering up. This picture reminds me of the happiness of preparing for the holiday with my husband, Bob.
Heavenly holiday
Bright morning
Happy Easter, everyone!
Happy Easter, everyone! Enjoy this glad day.
Serpentine
Creativity
Remaining to pray
By tradition, the Good Friday service is held at noon, the hour of Jesus’s death by crucifixion. The service is somber, and lengthy. The saddest hymns are sung, the Passion is recalled in all its details, the choir and clergy come and go with a silence that is abnormal and spooky. Images of Jesus above…
Iconography
In a brown wood
Many are the ways of dwelling in a city. One way is to dwell in its undeveloped corners, in its unchanging buildings, its extensive parks. They write their own narratives, unfolding in silence, hewing to their own sense of community and time.
