Reminder — today is the last day to vote for the Spillwords Press Awards for June 2022. You can vote for both Author of the Month and Publication of the Monthright here. (As I shared here on Sunday, a poem of mine entitled “Where Would We Go?” is a nominee in the latter category. I remain grateful if you’ve supported this piece so far.)
June 2022. I thought this was pretty wild — what you see is a row of buildings that have been almost entirely demolished, all facing Campbell Avenue. (These include what used to be the Campbell Court Bus Station and the deli beside it.) The facades at front remain intact for now, but they are otherwise gutted.
The Roanoke Times today published my letter to the editor about mandatory prayer in the public school classroom. You can read it online right here.
The Roanoke Times is Virginia’s third-largest newspaper, with a Sunday circulation of nearly 230,000 people. Thanks so much to its editorial staff for allowing me to share my opinion with my neighbors in Southwest Virginia.
Heading east. Overhead is the Market Street Walkway.
As always, I apologize here for the shaky-cam. I was especially discombobulated after running to get the shot. It even exceeded my daily baseline of dysfunctional discombobulation.
