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I am also participating in Linda G. Hill’s JusJoJan challenge. Today’s prompt is “Despair” from Carol Anne http://therapybits.com/ Check out Carol Anne’s blog–You might like it.
Two weeks ago, I was on my way into Hartford for a haircut. I get my hair cut at 7:30 AM, and then my buddy and I have breakfast. I go from the barber to pick up my friend and then to the diner. Easy peasy. It’s a 10-minute drive to his place. Only it wasn’t 10 minutes two weeks ago.
There were three accidents on Interstate-91 North. Traffic on the highway was backed up forever. People started getting off the highway and taking otherwise main arteries through the city. I needed to use one of those. My barber is located on one, and my friend lives on another. Both were clogged solid. I called my friend and said I’d be late. I tried the main road to the west–clogged. I kept going west to the next main north-south street–clogged.
I decided to head west far enough so that I could get to my friend’s place by going east. I figured there wouldn’t be much traffic there. Well, I was moving faster than the north-south traffic, but I was still moving red light to red light and school bus stop to school bus stop. But, this was no reason to despair The good news–I hadn’t been in some of the neighborhoods before so I could snag some photos.
I didn’t dare park (and lose my place) and I didn’t have my camera, so I have pictures taken with my phone from the car when stopped. Of course, traffic didn’t always stop at the best place, and once it started moving, there was no stopping for a picture. I hope you enjoy the gallery today. I think I have some leftover, so you might see them again next week.
All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.
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