Yup, a little more snow, the Boston Marathon and I'm not sure what else.

Apart from the tragic events of a few years ago, every year I think about working down town when the marathon finish line was right in front of the Prudential building just few hundred or more feet up from a store my former company, Star Market has there. When your shift was over all you could do was hang around until the street was opened up to traffic again. I worked a shift that started at 6 a.m. until 2 or 2:30 p.m.  so getting to work was quite easy at 5:30 in the morning. Most of the drive was a straight shot. On Marathon day you were pretty much stuck there unless you took public transportation so we would make the best of it go out to eat and possibly drink. Ok we drank. This was in the 70's and early 80's as I worked at that location 4 times over 46 years. This is not my photo.

This is a very busy store to begin with and on marathon day it was over the top. Many out of towner's staying in several hotels in the area all flooded the store for lunch or dinner as they have a wide array of prepared foods. I personally loved the spare ribs. I can't speak for the present but back then this was one of the highest grossing markets per square foot in the country. They used to like to brag about that back in the day. It's still is quite busy though. Still it was exciting seeing people from all over the world. Boylston St. was teaming with people.

Also back then I had a friend Rae. We weren't a couple but we shared a sense of humor. In fact she was a girl friend of a friend of mine and a very good artist. I could cartoon a little so we hit it off. There was no hanky-panky but there were many laughs. One night she started talking about my friend's grandmother who was a very sweet old women but our generation was completely foreign to her. She was very religious which of course only added to our banter. Well before you know it we made her into a super hero. Nuclear Nun. We never fully defined her super powers except that she could fly and shoot out holy halos from her hands. I know I have some of the drawings somewhere including a couple of comic book covers that never really became complete stories. Rae was a sweetheart and I have very fond memories of her.

Well it's still snowing though it isn't amounting to anything as it is too warm. Alrighty then my laundry is a callin' me.
I'm outta here.