Busy morning

[fbhjr]

I finally got all the comics sorted. There were 4 boxes total that we decided to sell.


I didn’t weight them, but based on the average weight of paper that is about 180 pounds of comics.
So, hauling them out to the car, I headed over the hills to the comic store in Worcester.


Ken, the manager, was very kind and helped me carry them into the store. It’s going to take him a while to go through them, but he promises I’ll get something for them. Anything would be nice. I’m not holding out much hope it will be a lot.

Just down the road from there is a park where my wife and I used to walk when we lived in Worcester many years ago. (That’s Entertainment is the comic book store & Highland Heights where we lived)


So, I stopped by to see the park, not to mention the loon god.

They are having an “Art In The Park” exhibit that is very interesting. As I took dozens of pictures of that, I’m going to put those in a different post.

I’ve always liked Elm Park. I’ve always had a thing for bridges and it has two very nice ones.


The round one, while nice, is VERY steep. I’m not surprised they put in step boards to make it easier. It is hard to climb without them.

I do have to say I found the art nice, but the park to be in bad repair. There were huge erosion cuts through the pathways, places where the pond had eaten past the edging blocks, or just swamped over them.



I looked at one piece of art called “Einstein’s Onion”:

As I turned away from it, I saw a white haired man riding away on a bicycle.


Obviously the ghost of Einstein himself!
That’s pretty good. I have no idea why he’s pedaling around Worcester, but it is a nice touch for the art work named for him.

After that, I went over to the Price Chopper supermarket across the street. When I lived down the street, I did most of the shopping there. It was a different market then, but the same building.
I generally don’t like Price Chopper much as a chain, but I felt I had to give this one a try. OK, I wanted to use the bathroom, and felt I should do my shopping if I was going to do that.
But, to my surprise, I was very impressed with this place. They had a very wide selection of different things and a lot of diverse foods. Of course it sits at the intersection of 4 very different neighborhoods in Worcester, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. But, I was.
If it wasn’t so hard for me to get to, I’d do more shopping there. And, I might well make the effort anyhow.
At the supermarkets in Shrewsbury, I have trouble coming up with things to do for meatless Wednesdays. Here, I had to stop because I could only carry so much and hadn’t thought to get a cart.

Walking through the park was very nice. It was only about 57 degrees, cloudy, windy with a hint of rain in the air. Times like that remind me that Massachusetts is farthest south any of my family before me lived for many, many generations. (Yes, my cousins have all moved much farther south now. That’s a different story.)
I was walking around in short sleeves being passed by people in coats and sweatshirts.
Granted, if it turned into rain I wouldn’t have been as happy. But, it held off and I really liked it.
But, when I went into the market, it seemed to warm to me that I really began to sweat. So much so that the guy at the customer service desk asked if I was OK.
“It’s just so hot in here,” I said.
“It’s 70 degrees,” he said.
“That’s what I mean!” I replied.
He seemed confused.

Anyhow, it was a busy, but fun morning.
Now to go through the dozens of Art In The Park photos...

Comments

[cissa.livejournal.com]

Elm Park is so pretty! I wish it were kept up better. I love the bridges- they remind me a bit of Loring Park in Mpls., where my grandmother and I always went when I was staying with her.

I've got a box of comics from when I was trying to get into them- I should probably see about selling them. Would you recommend that outfit?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

If you want to sell them in person, they're a good place to go to. But, unless they are very rare, you probably won't get much for them. I ended up getting about $0.30 a pound for mine.