SIDEWALK COSMOS

Wednesday, September 12, 2012.  There is so much to see in this tight little space.  I was initially drawn back to this small patch of green moss in a sidewalk depression, with its tiny stones nestled in a crease.  Then I saw the rusted patch of cement, the remnants of a street sign that once stood here and bled its metallic life out and away after repeated rains.  I am still - and again - drawn to the green moss, pushing life into the unlikeliest of places.

GIANTS

November 27, 2010. They walk among men, giants by any standard, but they leave few markers, except maybe once in a while a footprint, just to remind us. This is the print of a powerful being, with feet and hands that have wrought great things. There is no proportion, they are just large, significant, important. The feet lead forward to achievement, the hands to fashion deeds of great majesty - leave the details to those creatures with finer features.

TRACKS IN THE MUD

October 21, 2009. I have been trying to get this picture by the Library for weeks now, but it is too dark after I exit my acupuncture treatment. These tracks are the urban footprints of the dinosaurs of our time. What were the two trails paralleling each other? Were they heading to a watering hole, or on their way to shelter? What is the track that crosses both, and why does it head off in another direction? In the future will someone try to determine what the characters are and what they mean to tell us?