A familiar stranger
Dec. 1st, 2006 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrAs I've mentioned before, I usually walk across the Stone Arch Bridge everyday for exercise, sometimes several times. The bridge was crowded in the summer when the weather was nice, but now that the weather has turned colder, only the die-hards like me venture forth to admire the view across the river.
I generally go at the same time every day after eating my lunch. Most days, I pass a man crossing the bridge from the other direction. I would guess he is in his late fifties or early sixties. Every day, he carries a tote bag with the initial "M" stitched on it. He is rather portly, and he walks at a middling speed in a rather pigeon-toed manner. He wears a blue parka and black gloves and hat, and he has wire-rimmed oval glasses. His hair, originally a reddish-blond, I think, is now mostly gray; he has a mustache and short beard. I wonder where he goes every day; does he wonder about me?
Tell me about someone you see every day whom you don't know. Where do you see him or her--at the bus stop? The corner store? The coffee shop? What is the same about the person every day, and what is different? What have you gleaned about this person from observation?
I generally go at the same time every day after eating my lunch. Most days, I pass a man crossing the bridge from the other direction. I would guess he is in his late fifties or early sixties. Every day, he carries a tote bag with the initial "M" stitched on it. He is rather portly, and he walks at a middling speed in a rather pigeon-toed manner. He wears a blue parka and black gloves and hat, and he has wire-rimmed oval glasses. His hair, originally a reddish-blond, I think, is now mostly gray; he has a mustache and short beard. I wonder where he goes every day; does he wonder about me?
Tell me about someone you see every day whom you don't know. Where do you see him or her--at the bus stop? The corner store? The coffee shop? What is the same about the person every day, and what is different? What have you gleaned about this person from observation?
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Date: 2006-12-03 04:51 pm (UTC)For weeks in the better weather, I could see two Asian women walking, a short heavy woman and a taller, slim woman who looks, to me, a lot like Sun in Lost. I'd pass them twice in my walk. The heavy woman was always talking to the slimmer woman, speaking in, well, I was thinking Korean. Lately, I've just seen the younger woman in my walks. I wonder what happened to the other woman. Was she just visiting? Is she ill, so the slimmer woman walks alone? It's really none of my business.
I also see a woman who walks two miniature Lassie-type dogs. I think she's in my quilting guild, but I'm not sure.
I also see a man who walks two beagles. He used to walk a beagle and a Dalmatian. He has an artificial leg. I'm usually driving, but he always nods as I go by.