Self’s hometown Fourth of July Parade was in-person this year, for the first time in three years. Though crowds were sparse, it really felt like a moment.
Posting for Brashear’s Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge.
Tag: Events
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Here she is last night, at the post-rehearsal reception, in one of San Francisco’s premiere Tiki Bars, Pagan Idol on Bush.
It seems only yesterday when she wrote me a note: “Tita, I’m accepting Stanford because of you.”
Posting for Debbie Smyth’s Six-Word Saturday Challenge.
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In September, self went to Davies Symphony Hall for the first time in at least a decade. It had been aaaaages since she was anywhere at night, much less in San Francisco. But there she was! Hooray! So nice to be in the city again, after so long!
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the San Francisco Symphony hosted Fiestas Patrias, with the Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles. She went with her friend Mary-Ellen, who was visiting from Mendocino. What a blast!
She took this picture at Intermission. Posting for Weekend Reflections.
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Self has done the old switcheroo. Instead of The Homewreckers, she’s decided to read The Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides. She’s started reading at a cracking pace (perhaps she’s too much of a Philistine, but she got really excited when she got to the parts about Xerxes and Themistocles, because these were characters in the 300 movies, which she absolutely loved).
There are so many parallels with today’s political events. Such as the fact that Thucydides, despite his being descended from two great Athenian families, was exiled for 20 years because he was found guilty of treason.
Such as the below quote:
So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand.
The Peloponnesian war, book 1: the state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war -
When self travels, she loves taking candid pictures of complete strangers. She rarely takes pictures of monuments — not unless there are strangers walking in front of them. She is really interested in people-watching, most of all.
Last June, she was at the Raphael exhibit at London’s National Gallery (what a fantastic exhibit). Here are her candids (Thank you, Brashley Photography, for hosting the Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge):
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All the writers are from two central Philippine islands: Negros (yes, that IS the name of one of the islands, thank you Spanish colonizers who named it after the locals, who were “Negros” — dark-skinned) and Siquijor.
Buglas was the pre-Spanish name for Negros.
It is edited by writers from the Dumaguete Writers Workshop.
Self’s story Dumaguete is in it, which renders her speechless. Just speechless!
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week:
- This week our topic is celebrating things that Symbolizes an act of kindness. Any act of kindness, and don’t forget our first responders. There are endless possibilities for this week. Have fun and don’t forget to smile along the way.
Belfast Marathon, 1 May 2022
Redwood City Annual Fourth of July Parade, 2022
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You can’t really see the smiles in this picture, but you can feel them. Yesterday, in Redwood City, corner of Jefferson and Middlefield, during the Fourth of July Parade.
It was the first parade since 2019. There was heavy police presence, but the atmosphere was very relaxed.
Posting this for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC): Brings a Smile to Your Face.
Stay tuned.
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The Weekly Prompts Colour challenge for this month is VINTAGE RED.
Here are her photos: two are from this morning’s Redwood City Annual Fourth of July Parade, finally back after a three-year hiatus. She decided to add a picture of her Chrysler Imperial Rose, which just started blooming.
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Happy Fourth. Despite the hard times this country is undergoing, self couldn’t miss her hometown parade, the first since 2019. She parked in the Safeway lot at Sequoia Station and found a good vantage point at the corner of Jefferson and Middlefield. Stood with a family of Latinos, and everyone cheered and waved. There was a Sequoia High School Student of the Year (Picture # 1), the Women Marines’ Association (Picture # 2), the Boy Scouts (Picture # 3), kids and dogs (Picture # 4) and all kinds of random people holding small flags. There was a Black Lives Matter float and a Miss California float. We are still ONE NATION.
Posting for Jez Braithwaite’s Fan Of . . . Challenge.
Got home, switched on the news, heard the news about Highland Park, Illinois.
There are no words.
Kanlaon 