Sun Valley Pathway Oct 1 2016

 

Lazarus at the Mulberry Tree

A large tree on the Old Town Parkway / Rock Creek (Twin Falls) is shedding fruit like never before.  I believe it is a Mulberry tree.   On one of my many rides past the tree today I stopped to taste the fruit.  Shortly after stopping, Lazarus rolled up on a bike of his own going the opposite direction:

We chatted.  He reported moving from Bulgaria 20+ (perhaps he said 25) years ago to escape socialism.  He said the Russians socialized his family’s dairy/farm.  He said he was also worried that socialism might be forthcoming, to some degree, here.

He taught me the name of the Mulberry tree in Bulgarian, which I now cannot recall, and told me the tree was a fond memory for him.  He also pointed out a nearby bush that would, later in the summer, be yielding fruit.

I asked him if he was happy and he essentially said, in his broken English, that happiness had been elusive both in Bulgaria and here.  

“Life’s hard”.

College Life

Whitman College Student Riding Toward the Quad

Los Angeles

Shannon and I rented some bikes and went riding near the Santa Monica Pier.