So yesterday I went to the mall to buy some New balance walking shoes which I have been doing for the past ten years. I was horrified to see only cheap shops and no bookstores. I used to love to go shopping with a little extra money to buy shoes and a new book and stop to eat somewhere. well yesterday I wasn't hungry and as I said there was no book store. Weird although I was able to find my shoes for perhaps $20 less than I would have paid at Nordstrom's. Still while I have the $$$ I think I would prefer going to Nordstrom's where there would be the feel of bustling and money to be spent. At any rate I was shocked to see Richmond stripped apparently of all economic hope. I will say though that yards and streets appear cleaner and stronger.
It has been months, years since I was out in the bus watching the world as I passively travel to a destination. I loved it even though the lack of money/credit was much more evident than I realized- the fear of jub loss, etc. have not been part of my daily life-even as a weelfare worker I was involved with the aged and the disabled and they ,all though being impacted, are not yet endangered. I don't go "shopping" having 0 credit and not much money most of the time so I just missed the change. I still think that this was choreographed but tell that to someone who is laid off or is working for a third of what they made before.
About Me
- Singing Sparrow
- I almost always write in the early morning. I am an aging hippie living with my husband lover, my adult daughter,my almost adult granddaughter looking for her first full time job and my almost teenage grandson and my sister who is 11 months the younger. As the world prepares for a righteous struggle for individual independence and the correcting of the power of corporations to tell how, where and even when to live i seek the lower level where gardens grow and children learn. +++
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