I sat at my desk today, wishing I was somewhere else - anywhere else - trying to make a news article out of non-news.
I spotted some kids across the street and watched in amazed fascination as two pre-teen girls spit at each other, one of them clutching a stuffed bear, and then ran off acting like best friends. Then I saw this girl ride up on her scooter. She dropped it in the doorway of the building, then with joyful abandon began to flip around the metal railing. I remember doing that in elementary school, spinning around and around until I was dizzy with it and then trying to run, laughing in that unhibited way people seem to lose as they get older. I managed to snap off a couple of shots before she stopped and then hopped back on her scooter to continue down the block. At that moment, I wanted to be out there with her, 10 years old, and running down the street, dizzy.

From Sunday ...

Shawna
Her gallery (with more to come) is here: http://www.pbase.com/donna_lear/shawna