Seattle/Shoreline bus riding urban vignettes

Saturday 8 February 2025

Another winter day at the bus stop on Aurora Avenue in Shoreline, a northern suburb of Seattle. It’s even sunny instead of pouring rain or snowing. A White woman dressed against the cold sits in a wheelchair shooting pictures with a camera. Exhibits the passion of a photographer. She’s an artist. This wheelchair photographer person takes pictures of sunshine beaming thru the fractured glass of the bus stop shelter. Multiple cracks were spiderwebbed out but the glass still held. Winter sunshine thru all those cracks had a scintillating effect. 

“Jesus Christ,” she murmured softly in awe and loud enough to hear even with hearing aids stuck in my ears like Frankenstein bolts. 

She stopped to admire the beauty in what she saw.  Continue reading →