PRIEST

This is the area of the Pagan Picnic called the Bardic Circle. To me, a bard is a poetic storyteller, e.g., the Bard of Avon. These folks were not recounting legends but standing in a circle with palms upward, or walking in concentric circles chanting things I couldn't quite understand (maybe on a few levels). Lots going on at this event about goddesses but this event had a dude in charge. Looks like a grayer version of Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments. 

It was fashionable to wear a Druidic cape with a hood but only if balanced with a Chevrolet tee shirt.            

COME AS YOU ARE

Quicky today. Have to clean my desk, pack and get to the airport early tomorrow. This is an illustration of the many vendors of, well, non-traditional clothing at the Pagan Picnic. The effect doesn't work correctly without bright sunlight, shadow, a deep cut and a useless umbrella. No harm in accessorizing, though.           

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

St. Louis is small enough to be manageable and big enough to have a weird edge. This weekend brings the annual Pagan Picnic. The crystal merchants, fortune tellers, witches, soul travelers and dragon tamers convene in Tower Grove Park, taking an opportunity to be themselves in comfortable surroundings. You can look like this and fit right in. 

Photography note: it's hard to work the street with a cane in your hand. Gotta figure out a better approach before I hit Boston later this week.              

CITY DAILY PHOTO JUNE THEME DAY - PINK

Your city may have a monumental statue of a politician or general, the figure of Liberty or a battling bull and bear. We have Erwin Wurm's Big Suit in Citygarden. I find it ambiguous, subject to many interpretations. Many years ago, though, I had a pink seersucker suit. No idea what got into me.

It's going to be crazed around here this weekend. The baseball Cardinals' arch-rivals, the Chicago Cubs, are in town. That always draws thousands of out of town fans. The third game of the Stanley Cup finals is Saturday night, with our Blues and the Boston Bruins tied at one game each. Is it coincidental about Cubs and Bruins at the same time or is there deeper mystical significance? I think the authorities should just turn Market Street into a river of beer and the rest of us should stay far away.             

A pink house

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A pink house in Calabria, south Italy.
Taken quickly from our moving bus.
Yes, bella Italia!   I am in a writing seminar on Memory and Heritage given by the University of Calabria's Italian Diaspora Studies.
My first time in this country and loving it!

PINK is the theme for June 1 for City Daily Photo group.  See what other bloggers have come up with at the website.
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