Because of the light that day, I took some photos in this corner of the HSU campus last fall (top photo.) Little did I realize that by this spring, this view would no longer exist. I passed by again in May, and ongoing huge construction has torn much of it away. The big trees were still there, although pretty forlorn, but the little stream you can't quite see behind the bushes seemed to be gone. Then I noticed the odd effect of dead grass just inside the construction fence, and green outside it at the far edge. That's the second photo. But even that changed. The last time I went by, the inside grass was green, too.
On Having Turned 80
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It seemed odd, even to me, that after posts (or, let's face it, essays) on
major and not so major birthdays for the past 20 years, I let turning 80 go ...
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