Monday, January 25, 2016
Mindfulness, 1962 model.
A more modern pic from the Kansas Historical Society. This was from the Topeka "urban renewal" effort in 1962. Some of the associated pics are houses that didn't deserve to be torn down. Solid and straight.
But this one is a building that unquestionably deserved demolition; it was ready to demolish itself at any moment.
Outside:
Inside:
Note the old gentleman who knows how to live. He isn't bothered by the upstairs apartment that is preparing to join him, nor by the wiring that is preparing to burn the place down, nor even by the Nosy Nellie photographer. Got coffee. Got burger. Got money to pay for them. Life is good.
"Mindfulness" hadn't been invented yet, but he didn't need fancy words.
¶ 2:18 AM 
Inside:
Note the old gentleman who knows how to live. He isn't bothered by the upstairs apartment that is preparing to join him, nor by the wiring that is preparing to burn the place down, nor even by the Nosy Nellie photographer. Got coffee. Got burger. Got money to pay for them. Life is good.
"Mindfulness" hadn't been invented yet, but he didn't need fancy words.
¶ 2:18 AM
