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August 09, 2007
Or Where It's Just Beginning
My feet are learning a new landscape. Once so used to the hard expanse of blackness that seals over the dry and thirsty sands of the Southern desert, they have found new delight in a different kind of ground. Rather than reaching in all directions, this ground is a long series of stepping stones, linking vibrant green territories with a grid-like network of flat foot-bridges. Life creeps up between the stones, invading their joints and breaking and slowly nudging them out of their formation. My feet pad along with delight as they explore each unique terrain. And there is life pressing down from above! Plums and figs and apples leave a pattern of little mashed pies all around. Patches of moss take hold in the shadows. Everywhere I want to go, there is a living bridge to carry my glad feet. The Sidewalk.
I guess I could expressed more excitement about the fact that there is actually ground that isn't covered by concrete, but honestly I have been most excited by the fact that in this town the sidewalks are actually used for walking. There is something so simple and wonderful about being able to get around naturally (say it with me, "I have legs!") and safely. I can't count the number of times in LA that I wanted more than anything to just take off from my apartment and just follow my feet. Unfortunately I could only get as far as the end of the parking lot. I can't bear to think of the hideous expanses that make up that city. Here, everything is in walking distance (without necessarily being as crammed in or as populated as Manhattan). It's just so right with my soul. I have probably gotten more sun here than I ever did in LA, only because I'm not stuck in my car all the time. Anyway, I've made friends with the sidewalks.
Posted by libbystokes at August 9, 2007 12:26 AM