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my first published photograph

was a shot very similar to this one.

happiest of birthdays to you!

yesterday

and at the very beginning of summer too

yellow leaves

were falling like rain

from a nearby tree.

(as in the dream id posted here some time ago)

one little helicopterlike leaf

spun alllllllllllllllll the way D0wn

landing in the palm of my outstretched left hand.

if thats not a reminder 

that i am to be  r e c e p t i v e

i dont know what is . . .

i can see for miles and miles
i can see for miles
and miles
and miles
and miles
and miles… 

~ pete townshend of the who 

the  * m a g i c *

of the estival days

begins ~

stands

still.

i was issued a warning

for standing in this spot

taking photographs.

did you know alllllllllll railroads are private property?!

though you cannot see

what i could see

from the angle of this photograph 

the entire tree

was full of dangling greenery

and

the shrubbery below

of purple flowers shooting upwards

it seemed as though the two

were   r e a c h i n g   for one another…

fathers day

to my father

& to my husband ~

(& a happyhappy birthday to logan)

the horrible no good verrrrrry bad yesterday i had

is thankfully  g o n e

and this morning

i found something id misplaced

played on the playground with my darling girl

walked a labyrinth hand in hand with my angel

found a heaRtsHapedrOck on the path!

discovered a new place to recycle

& talked with a woman as she gardened 

who gifted margo with queen annes lace

and all before nine…

(thank you to mccabe

the dancing mermaid

who reminded me 

i *am* graceful and brave.)

Thursday, June 14, 6 p.m.

First Congregational Church

in the heart of Cooper-Young

A two-year community effort

to halt demolition of the Fairgrounds’ historic park

has resulted in the miraculous rescue

of the landmark Carousel

and Zippin Pippin rollercoaster.

However, while other features of the Fairgrounds

have remained in use

(Coliseum, Liberty Bowl, Mid-South Fairgrounds, Creative Arts Building — even the Flea Market)

the only padlocked area has (for two years) been the historic park,

saved from auction by our community effort.

This inequitable and discriminatory “public process”

ends Thursday night,

a couple of days after Henry Turley

and the state legislature

revealed what all the ruckus has been about all along:

Taxpayer-funded Target/WalMart store construction.

We are calling for a halt

to any further demolition of the site

until the basic inequities

of this so-called “public process”

have been thoroughly investigated and accounted for,

and/or until a new Administration and City Council

are installed after the October 4 election.

There are still a few Memphians

who have not sold their souls

to the twin demons of demolition/development.

Come join us as we “Take It To Church.”

Denise Parkinson
founder, Save Libertyland!
District 5 City Council candidate