Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 9/15/08: I loved the apartment.

Jacob Lawrence, "The Migration of the Negro" panel 38, 1940-41 — Jacob Lawrence, *The Migration of the Negro No. 38. They also worked in large numbers on the railroad.* (1941)

September 15, 2008:

I loved the apartment.

Sound of ocean; feel of breakers against sandstone. Dappled light through afternoon clouds: illuminated patches on gray water, like the presence of God.

Wall of books: as if the entirety of my life experience were visible on wooden shelves.

Sunshine, fog, storms. I would buy the building if I were rich.

Change, the last year. Rude neighbors, noisy, disruptive.

All things pass.