On Tuesday I drove even deeper downtown for a meeting. I work a few minutes’ drive outside of the city center, now. But, anyway, I didn’t mind the jaunt. It was sunny. And summer. And I had my windows down and everything smelled and seemed of sunshine and warmth and positivity. And then! Walking intoContinueContinue reading “Just to delight us”
Tag Archives: Flowers
Ste. Anne’s Lace
It’s a flower both delicate and hearty, Which is fitting for a city like Detroit (Just like our favorite derby girls, Fast flashes of women-on-skates, Bruising themselves and others on a polished ring). I’m always enlivened by the elaborate display Sponsored yearly, in the summer, By the stalky weed-flowers, Clumps of clustered white petals: QueenContinueContinue reading “Ste. Anne’s Lace”
Eucalyptus
Two hundred years ago, in 2011, I walked a bit of the Camino de Santiago. Sometimes life has a way of surprising you, you who show up with skeletal “plans” or maybe “visions.” Ha. Hahahahaha. Almost a year before I walked the Camino, my brother had sent me a link to the Wikipedia article aboutContinueContinue reading “Eucalyptus”
On flowers and summer and Detroit
I wish the frigid, promised kiss of winter didn’t accompany the sun of these late-summer days Because then I could just open my arms unconditionally to the golden, warm haze of these too-short afternoons. Today I got off of work, carrying a basket of supplies to my far-parked car. I smiled at the blue sky,ContinueContinue reading “On flowers and summer and Detroit”
Dogged insistence on beauty
It started out with this flower. This yellow one right here, growing out of some broken concrete, saturated against the sky. And I was like, I appreciate this flower’s dogged insistence on introducing beauty to a broken world. Today I didn’t want to be inside for lunch, cramped around my space heater, so I wentContinueContinue reading “Dogged insistence on beauty”
Flowers from glass shards
Here’s a non-secret: I work in Detroit. And as long as we’re sharing non-secrets: Detroit is riddled with crime and poverty. That was obvious, wasn’t it? But, here’s a second secret: the suburbs of Detroit are riddled with crime and poverty, too. The suburbs are surrounded by racism, in our hearts…and that’s both a crimeContinueContinue reading “Flowers from glass shards”
A Floral Celebration
I uploaded my pictures of these weekend and noticed an over-arching floral theme. This is not a photography blog by any means…but I think it’s a nice way to outline what’s been up these past few days. Maybe I’m just itchy to start gardening again…the garden is calling out to me. 🙂 I’m pro-flower. They’reContinueContinue reading “A Floral Celebration”
Seashell Nell 