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AG: I met him again today
Last Thursday I was on my way from KCH to Goodwill, just turning right off Arthur onto Park, when I saw a flashing green light at the end of Arthur, near the Do Not Enter signs. It's illegal for anyone to enter Detroit at Arthur, but whenever a negligent suicide causes a train to block Winona, Market, Center, Main, and Fort Wayne, people try, so there is some short-tempered signage at the end of Arthur. parenthetical remark Just checked: Google Maps remains convinced that it's possible to enter Detroit from Arthur *AND turn left*, but it's no longer the preferred route from Byer Park to the library. /parenthesis Adding a flashing light to the mix isn't surprising, but *green*? So I looked again, just in time to see a bicycle with a flashing green headlight turn onto Ellsworth. So I *have* seen a flashing light in daylight before I saw the bicycle. Shortly afterward, he overtook me on Park and I saw that he also had a blinky on the back of the bike. When he'd gained about half a block on me, the blinky was no longer visible even though I knew where to look for it. He was wearing a black backpack, but the neck and sleeves of his orange jacket remained visible whenever the road between us was straight until he turned off on Anchorage. I turned on Anchorage too, but the distance that had been between us was greater than the sight distance in either direction. ----------- Today was my last Farmers' Markets Tour of the season. The courthouse market will meet in the Center Lake Pavilion twice more before Christmas, but the real market at the fairgrounds is done for the year. On the way home, just after crossing Market on Lindberg, I saw a flashing green light on or near the foundry. This quickly resolved into a bike rider about half that far away. His jacket wasn't orange -- yellow, I think -- but I think it was the same guy. I didn't look back to see whether he had a blinky. A bit later I met a car with green headlights. This time I had time to lift my brown/yellow sunglasses -- still green, but not so strikingly green. I'll be *so* glad when I can ride in prescription glasses! I failed to find the optician today, but I looked on Grant by mistake for Bronson. I *think* I'll be able to find it on Monday, if I'm healed enough to get a prescription. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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