This is just a simple little story about finding yourself in
the path of good fortune. I was out for my regular walk and stopped in at the
Social Service League Thrift Store for no particular reason. I found a slightly
cracked blue pitcher that I thought might look good somewhere in my garden. And
then I picked up a paperback book of T.S Eliot’s poems. The woman at the
counter suggested two bucks and I hope I gave her a little more. I walked out
with more treasure than I bargained for.
I had also put my digital camera in my pocket before I left home
on the off chance I might take some pictures. And somewhere, as I swung the
pitcher in one hand as I walked along, the idea came to me. I placed,
especially, the pitcher in among the flowers in the planter boxes as the
composition and color somehow looked right to me. Eventually I carried the
pitcher along with me over the bridge and then I turned and headed for home,
occasionally stopping to take more pictures along the way.
Now the Social Service League is stuck in a financial hard
spot. I’ll skip the details, but in addition to being an important shop for
people to find real and essential bargains, they are a place that people can go
to to get connected to other things that they need. And I find that I belong in
that store, sometimes, as well, often finding what I am not looking for.
Here are some more of the pictures.
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