here are some weekend photos. we went to the roadworks street fair in potrero hill sponsored by the center for the book. many artists had made linoleum block stamps, and they rolled on the ink, laid the linoleum blocks down on the road, covered them with paper and a rug and then a guy rode a two-ton steamroller over them to make prints. cool to watch and then there was a table for people to make their own prints which miles took full advantage of. today we met mike and suling at the beautiful walter haas park. perfect weather, good monkey bars and pretend castles, kids sharing scooters and bikes and tricycles. later julia met us at the skate park and we got to see some kind of crazy voodoo ceremony with women singing and dancing, an older man spraying liquor from his mouth, an altar, some ritual looking sword fight, drums. there were tons of kids of all shapes and sizes playing together on the playground.on our way home, however, we saw some police cars on 24th street and i went home to read online about a shooting one block away. and miles has decided he wants to return to his latch key program which i feel a little nervous about.
the urge to flee is somewhat strong tonight.
2 comments:
I'm sorry! I read about those shootings on the potrero listserv and was thinking about you and M&M, how stressful and awful that must be.
I think I'll be able to bike a lot more in Berkeley, but there is also driving. it's a long walk to the grocery store, hardware store, pharmacy, or donut shop, 99c store, etc, etc, that were previously steps away on Mission. and things like the book fair, if they happen in the e bay, they're probably a drive away also.
but it's a funny thing, once you're somewhere new, that becomes the new center of the world. the old neighborhood seems really out-of-the-way now.
missing you,
G
Ugh, the world is one screwed up place, no matter where you are. Know that you are loved by many!
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