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A MATTER OF FOLLOWING THE LIGHT

3/3/2021

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I have been reading a book that reveals much of the history of San Francisco, its wild years, its untamed land and heart. It is hard to imagine what it would have been like back then, when women were few and the sand blew briskly along a totally different coastline. Ships lie beneath parts of the city from a time when gold brought prospectors by the thousands. 

The gold that brought me here is of the sun. It is of the golden gate that is not really gold but 'international orange'. It is of paint that adorns the victorians sprinkled about town. It is of fresh baked bread with the slightest hint of sour. It is the sight and smell of ripe lemons. It is flowers dotting the hills in springtime. It is the ginkgo leaves my grandmother collected to help her hang on to her memories. 

I walk in lines and loops, exploring street after street. I become parched and spent, but I keep walking. Today, the earth vibrates under another magnificent blue sky. I step until my feet sting from stepping. This day is golden like all the rest. It is simply a matter of following the light. 
wood on wall with grey paint
green house
lucky cat in window
painting of blue bottles
camera icon
fancy sign bracket
potable potty
statue in garden
Hearts taped on window
flower cutouts on door
survey monument marker
lion fountain
no skateboarding
crow in street
three bags of trash
sign New California
three palm trees
Dorothy stencil on sidewalk
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