Monthly Archives: May 2013
The Spontaneous Prose Store
I was wandering around, the way I do, taking pictures. I was on 6th Street when I heard the sound of…a typewriter. I can’t say for certain that was the first outdoor typewriter I’d heard, but it may have been.
And there, in front of the Driskill Hotel, I saw it: the Spontaneous Prose Store. The proprietor, Kaile H. Glick, was gracious about letting me take pictures while she wrote on a topic of my choice.
She typed on a label, with a piece of blue carbon paper behind so she can keep a record of her work.
Here’s what she wrote for me:
Be sure to stop by her blog. Oh, and look around – maybe you’ll see her in your town.
Austin, Texas
photographeyd 5.11.2013
Cubs fans in suits. And hats.
We rode the Red Line to take in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. And saw these three men in the station; their business suits and those goofy hats caught my attention and I played a round of the game I like to call “Well, I wouldn’t have worn THAT.”
Then we went to our seats at one of the Wrigley rooftops. And who shows up?
The same guys.
Wrigley Field
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 4.16.2013
Cemetery Angel
This cast-iron angel watches over the entrance to the cemetery. She’s seen better days – her wings are gone as is her right arm and her left hand.
Someone, with an unsteady hand, has painted her lips, making her look even more forlorn.
St. Thomas the Apostle Cemetery
Ann Arbor, Michigan
photographed 4.20.2013
White on white, 7
Yep, I am that person, the one taking pictures at the airport.
But here’s the thing: we weren’t familiar with the airport so planned for plenty of time to check bags and go through security. There wasn’t a line to check bags. There wasn’t a line at security. That left a lot of time before our flight left. And I had to do something besides listen to the women on the next row of chairs talk about hair color and highlights and lowlights and….well, that’s when I picked up the camera and walked away.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Detroit, Michigan
photographed 4.20.2013
Street art. Literally.
Ann Arbor is one classy town. Sure, they have this kind of graffiti, but check this out! The painting is Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, which you probably already recognized as a work by the Italian painting Artemisia Gentilesche.
It’s part of a program called Inside Out from the Detroit Institute of Arts; you can get more information here.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
photographed 4.19.2013
One Day | One Image 