I just think it’s neat. It’s weird looking to where the Campbell Court bus hub used to be and seeing an enormous empty space.
The city has a deal with developer to put a few things in the redesigned space, including apartments and stores. You can read all about it here at The Roanoke Times.
“The Chalice of Becoming.” Oil on canvas.
Please join me in congratulating her for seeing her poem “Finally” appear over at Spillwords Press!!
When you take a loooooooong Saturday nap and then wake up groggy, apple fritters kinda look like calf brains.
I’m just sayin’.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Lost by a landside,
So I’ll destroy democracy.
Open your eyes,
Watch the hearings and see,
I’m just a despot, deserving no sympathy,
Cause’s power’s easy come, easy go,
My IQ’s little low,
And way the wind blows doesn’t bode too well for me,
for me …
Lithograph.
These are always fun.
This is after the buildings facing Campbell Avenue (including the former Campbell Court bus station) were razed. The latter two shots were taken from Salem Avenue, looking south.
“Raze” is a weird word. Its antonym is also its homophone (“raise”).
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 