(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Showing posts with label Streets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Streets. Show all posts
May 29, 2023
May 10, 2023
September 20, 2022
January 12, 2021
A Birdhouse For Every Bird
It feels like there are almost more choices here for a birdhouse then variations in dwellings you can buy.
Even if it just a little paint; sometimes that can make all the difference.
Frankly, it's not even that important how big or small, just as long as you have a decent roof over your head.
In our crazy world, we can have a birdhouse for every bird, but still we don't have homes for every person.
Homelessness and poverty, whatever your race, color, or identity is still a big problem.
Birds live in birdhouses, but many people still live on the streets. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 10, 2019
Cats of Israel
There are so many cats just roaming the streets, shops, gardens, and alleyways.
These don't run from people, but are part of the landscape itself.
Almost like a soul in each one that is living a peaceful life anew in the Holy Land. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 28, 2014
Hanging By A Thread
I have never quite seen anything like this.
This huge spool hanging by a thread from this skinny little pole.
Of course, there is one warning cone sitting right underneath the overhead spool.
Can't you just see that spool crashing down and flattening the cone? [Wonk!]
Then you have some sporadic red warning tape not doing much of nothing.
And cars and people regularly going up and down this street--which you don't really see in this photo.
Maybe the workers just left the spool of cable up there in case they need it again in the future.
Hey, less work lifting it all the way up there again. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 10, 2013
That's Family
June 17, 2012
On Every Corner, Real Hope
Calling out to passer-bys, he repeats, "This is a motivational book. It has my autograph."
Again and again, the people pass him by without even a second look.
I see him in the morning, the afternoon, and the evening--whenever I go down this street--and he is still standing there trying, trying, trying to sell his book.
The feeling I got was, not only didn't I want his "motivational book," but also (not to be mean), it was completely de-motivating watching him trying to sell it.
Usually with marketing, I would imagine that people want self-help books from other people that have clearly demonstrated success.
Those who have a compelling story to tell can tell us about a dragon they have slain--where we can transfer the feelings of success, the challenges overcome, and the lessons learned from the author to ourselves.
But because this guy is standing on the street corner, no one wants to purchase his book or give him a chance.
The guy standing on the corner is not the person in the "corner office."
Yet, I have a feeling his story would be an interesting story to hear.
Perhaps, his story is even more compelling, because it's from "the streets" and not from someone born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
But he is a stranger, selling a book on the corner, and I don't go up to him to ask.
Standing on the corner, in the heat, peddling a book for a few bucks, could be you or I--it's too easy to forget that.
I pray that G-d has mercy to help us all earn a fair days pay for a decent days work--not everyone is so blessed.
On every street corner, there can be real hope.
(Source Photo: here with attribution to Hanne)
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