January 04, 2005
Catwalk
South 21st between East Main and Cary Streets
Catwalk between two tobacco factory buildings in Shockoe Bottom.
This picture dates back to last February. The catwalk is still there, but the buildings are being worked on, so who knows for how much longer? I like the velvety greens, but not the glare so much. I took the picture standing with my back to an abandoned safe and this courtyard.
Can you tell nothing happened today? That's why you get a picture.
Or maybe not.
I got the car an oil change, did more office cleaning and shredding, got calendars. One thing I like about January is when I set up my calendar for the year. I page through last year's calendar, reading the notes I wrote about what happened when, and mark important things from it into the new calendar: dates when tax forms are due, friends' birthdays and anniversaries, friends' kids' birthdays, etc. I mystify people by my ability to remember birthdays, but there's no magic to it. I even mark the birthday of my first novel, the day when I finished it. The novel turns three this November. Alas, it needs to be rewritten. It's novel #2 that's sitting in a slush pile. I did figure out how to fix up this first one. If I cut out half the characters (way too many characters) and break apart the plot lines (way too many plot lines) and rewrite it as two novellas, it'll work. If I only had more time, but when the time is right I'll write. All right?
263 words | January 4, 2005 10:45 PM | Shutterbug