Some Charleston photos

[Mira]

27. Dear neighbor,

it so tickles me that you saw both of these performances I only got to read about. I could not, and still can't, imagine how gratitude for the kindness of strangers can be expressed in dance
I'm thinking of figuring a way to be there next time. Though, i must proudly say, we do have a real city of the Arts in Winston-Salem. And a lot of the happenings are either 3 blocks from my house at the NC School of the Arts or 1 mile from downtown at the Steven's Center.
The train, from High Point for me, is a wonder.
When I first came here to the US as a twenty year old, I took it to NYCity. Often. Walked the pavements - stayed with an old German lady distant relative in the German district. She was high up in a building somewhere, and had one light bulb. She carried it to which ever room she was in, and there were not many.
I think, when I'm in that train, I still see the holes from the gun battles in the outside walls. Coming from the wonders of fast modern European trains where the conductor comes on and apologizes if they run 2 minutes behind and pledges to make it up, strolling through the American East Coast country side in the only damn train they have is a marvelous adventure.
Attitude is everything.