What a knockout morning yesterday in D.C. was!
Went to Arlington National Cemetery with my
mother, a few of my aunts, an uncle, and two cousins (shut up ... we are
not the Waltons!), where my Uncle Bo is laid to rest. So lovely and
poignant, taking in the landscape of this national monument.
Passed the
marathon runners on the way over and back. Drove very, very slowly on
Independence Ave. to gawk one more time at the King Memorial.
Cherry
blossoms circling the Tidal Basin.
On M St. near the Navy Yard, two pre-teen boys in their
Saturday clothes -- one black, one white -- running down the sidewalk
like boys do. Running just to be running, all arms and legs.
On Penn. Ave. SE, signs of gentrification are no longer
signs; that 'hood is now gentrified. But my aunt points at something
across from the Yes! market: "The Morton's sign is still there."
Chocolate City lives! So, please don't take down that sign!
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