Month: July 2020

A roadside mural for times like these

I love walls. I look at them close-up – the bits of paper left from long-ago flyers and posters. The layers of battered paint and wood, making inadvertently perfect backdrops for passersby. And the messages – the writing on the walls. (Hey, the expression came from somewhere.) You never know where a wall with a…

Fireworks: Don’t let furry friends freak out

Bet it’s already started in your neighborhood. The BOOM of freedom. Or at least of the traditional day of permission to MAKE LOUD SOUNDS and to PLAY WITH FIRE AND EXPLOSIVES. Apparently this is a blockbuster — or -boomer — year for fireworks. With COVID nixing so many public fireworks displays, more private citizens have…