We've hit a crazy sunny streak lately. Every night the fog rolls in, and every morning it burns off, leaving us with bright sun and cold temperatures, which I love. Last weekend Ross and I walked down to Madison Park. It felt, once again, like we were in a new city. This place is always reinventing itself for me. We've lived in this neighborhood for over a year, but there are still unexplored pockets within walking distance. That bridge there, cutting the horizon, is the one I drive across in the dark on my way to work.
I never see Rainier, since it is dark, and then kind of at my back when I return, but she's there, hovering.
I mentioned this--the river, the yellow trees, the view from the parking garage.
If I were a little tougher, I could ride my bike to work...I'd only have to get up at about 4 am.
I watched the inauguration in a lounge on campus with the few students and staff who weren't in class at 8:30 am. The TV was up on the wall, and behind the screen, just off the side, was a wall of windows. While Obama became our president, the workers outside unloaded a truck load of steel plates--the crane lowering and lifting, the men heaving and hammering. This part of Obama's speech was for them, although they did not pause to hear it:
"In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted — for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom."
After drinks with some friends in the new Oddfellows Cafe, Ross and I decided to check out the ballroom, also housed in the old Oddfellows Hall. There was a space for rent on the top floor.
We went back to Oddfellows for breakfast. 
TS' former poetry student, Nicole, recently moved to Seattle from St. Louis.
Jackson and Ross were a formiddable Scrabble team.
But I beat them by 1 point.
1 comment:
of course you did, scrabble queen! you show no mercy. poor shrimpy and jax. that oddfellows hall looks nifty! again, such lovely photos. i love the elongated shadows from the doorway and the street wires/poles.
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