A NOTE FROM JANUARY 6

I was preparing this post on Thursday evening, overwhelmed by the day's news. As I looked for an image to fit my mood, I found this stencil on the sidewalk in Cherokee Street.                 

Rorschach Test

A column supporting an old railroad trestle. It is at a curve and incline of a street and so has been painted with warning stripes. The stencils, like ink blots, are for you to interpret. The images were repeated on other surfaces around the bridge. I had some concern about whether the columns were reliable enough if a heavy locomotive rolled over my head. For local readers, this on the north (or is it west?) side of Southwest Avenue, just to the right off the westbound exit from I 44.

TOMORROW: Watch the skies.