I saw her late!
I had turned left on to Marne Highway and was cruising west at over 50 mph, when I really noticed. That down the road, to our right (my son was with me), at the edge of the shoulder, was a woman.
Not that she was easy to notice!
She was short and seemed to be standing right where the 2 large fields seemed to converge. Especially with the grass being really tall, it was hard to notice her till we got really close.
The only thing I noticed as we passed her was that she wore a pair of white earphones. Why she was standing at that exact spot, not that I could not fathom, but I really didn't think about it.
I didn't give her another thought either!
We went on to pick up Ganesh from his home in Moorestown (the next town), turned back around and headed to the YMCA. Where I dropped off the boys and then turned home bound.
It was as I passed Hartford going east on Marne that I saw her again!
Not only was she to my left this time, the way the road angled ahead, she was in my direct view.
That's when it also struck me why she was standing there!
She was waiting for the bus.
"It's been a while, hasn't it?", I asked myself! "Are buses plying this route that infrequent?"
My mind was transported in a moment to another place, another age!
I smiled to myself and it only became bigger, even as my car went up the hill, I noticed a bus, bound for Camden, just leaving the light at Larchmont, headed down her way.
I thought of the other place as I passed it!
"Madras", we used to call it.
I thought of long waits at a bus stop!
I'm not sure why, an image of the one in front of Valluvar Kottam flashed before my eyes.
Everyone did it!
"I waited for an hour today", they would say.
While '37' had a higher frequency, legendary was the wait for '25', bound to Triplicane.
I came up to the right turn at Larchmont!
I turned further right at Narbeth and eased to the left on to Normandy.
"There was no telling when the next bus would arrive!"
"There was no app for that", I thought as I pulled in to my driveway.
"Only the rectangular bus shelter, with its neat little squares that housed the bus routes."
"The endless sunshine and several other people waiting for theirs"...
I had turned left on to Marne Highway and was cruising west at over 50 mph, when I really noticed. That down the road, to our right (my son was with me), at the edge of the shoulder, was a woman.
Not that she was easy to notice!
She was short and seemed to be standing right where the 2 large fields seemed to converge. Especially with the grass being really tall, it was hard to notice her till we got really close.
The only thing I noticed as we passed her was that she wore a pair of white earphones. Why she was standing at that exact spot, not that I could not fathom, but I really didn't think about it.
I didn't give her another thought either!
We went on to pick up Ganesh from his home in Moorestown (the next town), turned back around and headed to the YMCA. Where I dropped off the boys and then turned home bound.
It was as I passed Hartford going east on Marne that I saw her again!
Not only was she to my left this time, the way the road angled ahead, she was in my direct view.
That's when it also struck me why she was standing there!
She was waiting for the bus.
"It's been a while, hasn't it?", I asked myself! "Are buses plying this route that infrequent?"
My mind was transported in a moment to another place, another age!
I smiled to myself and it only became bigger, even as my car went up the hill, I noticed a bus, bound for Camden, just leaving the light at Larchmont, headed down her way.
I thought of the other place as I passed it!
"Madras", we used to call it.
I thought of long waits at a bus stop!
I'm not sure why, an image of the one in front of Valluvar Kottam flashed before my eyes.
Everyone did it!
"I waited for an hour today", they would say.
While '37' had a higher frequency, legendary was the wait for '25', bound to Triplicane.
I came up to the right turn at Larchmont!
I turned further right at Narbeth and eased to the left on to Normandy.
"There was no telling when the next bus would arrive!"
"There was no app for that", I thought as I pulled in to my driveway.
"Only the rectangular bus shelter, with its neat little squares that housed the bus routes."
"The endless sunshine and several other people waiting for theirs"...
