… i had thoughts that i might do the walk-of-sorrows loop this morning but i can feel the planter fasciitis in my left foot getting irritated so i restrict the walk to a Main Street loop… snapping photos of shop windows as i go:

… i also identified common mugwort:

… folk traditions associate it with strength, cleansing, visions, protection and healing… it is also known as sailor’s tobacco because they would smoke it when tobacco supplies ran out on long voyages… this is all according to the Plant Snap app…

… plant snap also helps me identify blue wood aster:

… now that i know what asters are i see them everwhere… this aster is symbolic of love… i pick a sprig to bring home to H… in this way my relationship to her and nature deepens in spiritual content…

… there is a photo exhibition going on in the Beacon storefronts… _Beacon During Covid _… i recognize so many of the subjects and wonder why we were never asked… my ego sprouting… it is fleeting…