A riot of gorgeous trees for our YMCA

 Scott and I walked at the Willow Grove YMCA. 

The place had been landscaped beautifully.

But the many young trees that had been planted had very dark purple buds on the top and in my curiosity I would like to know what they are.

In simpler times you could just call the Y and ask the question.

Now there were two fellow walkers who looked rather strange. I would like to write a short story about them. Both males.

However there is a famous short story writer whose name I can't think of. A noted but very unusual woman. I can picture a story by her which takes place in a drugstore and someone is twirling on a stool. 

Can it be from the film Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe.

Be right back. 

Eudora Welty’s list of awards and achievements is simply astonishing. With 12 books of short stories under her belt, it’s not a bad idea to spend the summer exploring her collections. Why I Live at the P.O. from her 1941 book of stories “A Curtain of Green” is a humorous break from the Gothic, with wonderfully original characters.

1. www.britannica.com › biography › Eudora-WeltyEudora Welty | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

   Apr 9, 2023 · Eudora Welty, (born April 13, 1909, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.—died July 23, 2001, Jackson), American short-story writer and novelist whose work is mainly focused with great precision on the regional manners of people inhabiting a small Mississippi town that resembles her own birthplace and the Delta country.

   • Author: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

   WELTY LIVED TO A RIPE OLD AGE. 
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