Something Green

Today, we missed the farmers market. Again. I've had enough college food for a while and am ready to eat something intensely green.

Currently, I live in a crumbling Michigan town. Yesterday, I decided to walk downtown and gather flowers from empty lots and sidewalk cracks. Peering through the windows of abandoned retail and restaurant spaces, I feel sad. The architecture is beautiful, the brick intereriors and exposed beams are exquisite, but there is no one to turn these places into businesses for more than about two seconds. And there is no one to dine.

Still, it is good to dream. So I dream.