i just got rejected from putting my photos up in a taqueria and then i said hi to someone I had taken photos of months ago, at the time, he told me he was a merchant sailor, on his way to the East. He looked at me with vacant eyes and asked why I was talking to him. I replied that I took photos and talked with him a couple months ago, he said "and?"

I said, I just wanted to say hi. he said "lovely," in the weirdest way. he was so vacant. we had smiled and laughed with each other earlier.

on another note, I saw Karla, the beautiful mother I connected with at the lavanderia and I got her address to send photos.

more importantly, my mood was even and lighthearted through all these encounters...which is wonderful.