Routine ~ rigid, flat and boxy
The only word I knew to use
Word search, play and puzzles
found a better word
Design - flexible and beautiful
fanning out in petals
rooted in belief of self
a work of creativity.
“When the image is new, the world is new.”
~ Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
The wind whipped up every tiny dust mote, leaves, dirt and anything not tied down. So after I walked from bus to store to bus, I decided I deserved a Teen Burger. I have lots of treats that I like: chocolate, coffee, and anything I can graze on. But since I was first introduced to Teen Burgers in the late ’60’s, they have been my extra special and guilty pleasure.
I’ve eaten lots of burgers from Texas to Kelowna to Victoria and anywhere in between but none have matched a Teen Burger. Today, I had a choice between an A&W and wait at the bus stop. I chose to get out of the wind, sit down and eat one of the delicious dripping bites I love. I even had coke in an A&W mug instead of a paper cup! Fresh and cold out of the fridge. Took me back many years. At home, I keep my garlic in an A&W large mug, a reminder of many days gone by.
“Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.”
~ Dorothy Day
Joists and joints strained and straining for a hundred years? Repairs, replacements, restructuring on the inside and the outside? Must have been for housing people. The brick work, the details - so very beautiful. Many such buildings are throughout the city. Some in better condition than others, some more beautifully detailed than others but all are city seniors from another era.
“Architecture should speak of its time and place,
but yearn for timelessness,”
~ Frank Gehry,
(Canadian born, American architect)
