May 22, 2023:
Greybeard with bike. Unsteady: struggles to stand, struggles to keep the bike upright. Lurches hard against the doors, which mercifully do not open. Exits Fashion Valley.
Men and boys with hoodies up, the tweaker uniform. Nevermind ninety degrees, this is identity. Dubious statement of claim to one.
I stop for lunch in Old Town. Today it seems plain, and heavy. Perhaps it is those things. Perhaps I'm just old and picky, and missing the past.