Ambulance

Fire Truck and Ambulance with VIEW (Tomasito photo 2009)

There is another more shadowy side of a care center, of course, which is always a present possibility for those of us working, visiting or living there.

Dial 911 and those "Nice Young Men with their Clean White Coats" --or emergency uniforms in this case-- are right there to aid and assist some faltering senior citizen.

This photo was taken recently from our apartment balcony one very nice day here in Escondido, CA, USA--it it you get a glimpse of the fire truck and the ambulance parked in front of the care center along with the splendid view of the distant hills.

Sometimes those who have come to end of their days "running and playing in this beautiful world" will be taken on one last voyage and then will be "grass in the field" as the poet says.

In the mean time, doesn't it put a bit of creative edge on life--a modest sense of urgency perhaps--to make one more good, creative statement--even if it is in evanescent papier mache and watercolor?

We lived, friends--we LIVED!

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