Broken leg, neighborhood view à la Rear Window.
July 17th, 2013, 11am
It was 16.7°C with overcast. The breeze was gentle.
Sometimes Hollywood narratives influence my moments of self-reflection. Life has been much like Jimmy Stewart’s in Rear Window - immobilized in an apartment with a constant view of nearby buildings and neighbors.
I work from my new home in Oakland. In hopes of negating the potentially stir-crazy effects of this, I get up every morning for a self-fulfilling run around Lake Merritt. That was until I badly sprained my body. My left knee is currently inutile. I can imagine myself as a jellyfish, relying mostly upon my upper body strength to propel through space.
Honestly, it’s not that bad, but I can only walk for minutes at a time. Contrary to my motivations, I won’t be running around the lake anytime soon :-(
Other moments in Oakland
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Envision > Create > Scale
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hi.co, cafe
Just learning about hi.co right now, at Arbor Cafe, on reading about its archiving and closing. Impressed, but sad.
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night
It's a quieter night in Ghost Town
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sunsets
Jack London Square and railroad tracks of gold.
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Bridges
Always fascinating to watch commerce in action as container ships come and go under the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
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Lifestyle
Generations later, you can still see and feel the resemblance of a blood-born loved one. Yiayia Nitsa with her great-grandaughter, Lyla.
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Lifestyle, Travel
How do you spend a Sunday afternoon? Do you sit? Wonder? Take a load off ?
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Bridges
Acknowledging that change needs to happen. Everything has its own purpose and lifetime. Farewell, old bridge.
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He didn't know she'd started taking pills.
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