WHERE, WHAT, WHY, WHEN

Just before Monday meditation, I noticed a pigeon mama and her newly fledged offspring settling in for night on the roof next door to the Zendo.

In a hurry, not really paying attention, I snapped the shot. Turns out, when I looked at it later, the camera was at an odd angle. Only bricks are really visible and also the curve of the 'blade that cuts delusion'. That white lump might be pigeon, the looming gray shape, another building and that triangular curve of silver on the far left, surely sky. I like the mystery of it.

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Where?

 New, sporty cars have arrived in the neighborhood...

along with new occupants for the glass and steel luxury Condo 'Sky Thieving Sun Blockers' rising faster than bread. There are a very few true bargain stores left. This is one of them on 1st Avenue where a box of baking soda is only 69 cents and similar prices for many household items.
I still get my homeopathic and Rx medicines at trust-worhy Prohealth on 2nd Avenue with good discounts.
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What?
The extreme heat had knocked me into energy saving silence. I witnessed myself and others on the bus ride across town heading for a Zen meditation session where I also witnessed and I witnessed all the way back home.

Still witnessing at 1AM Thursday morning!
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Why Crime Fiction
"I’ve come to believe that crime novels are comforting not in spite of their darkness, but because of it. They’re not about things going perfectly; they’re about creating a new, second-place vision for life after a terrible thing has taken first-choice hopes away. Justice can be part of that new hope, but it’s inherently a compromise. Justice is like a beautiful funeral: better than a terrible one, but the best would be not needing one at all." 

Audio book returned to the Library
"The Haunted Season"
by G.M.Malliet 

Starting on "Devils Breath" today

 "To read or write crime fiction is to practice hopefulness, and to nurture the expectation of transformed order following destruction, somehow, even in unexpected ways." 
(see links for quote source and Author) 
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Spying the Street
The shocking remains of shattered glass in the police patrol car parked just below my front window.
Later, our mean landlady, packed to leave for the weekend and wearing electric blue, is loading last minute tasks upon our overworked Super.

Pigeons heading toward the East River
A Balmy Evening

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Some Progress This Week
"All the Pretty Horses"

AND
The rescued orchid has sprung a new stalk!

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Friday August 31st
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LINKS
Crime Fiction Article
https://crimereads.com/comfort-of-crime-novels/ 
G.M.Malliet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._M._Malliet