Centre Square "Conversation" between little girl and woman: "What's her name?" "Bodie." "Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie! Mom! Looooook! I'm petting Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie Bodie!"
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Northampton Street "Can I get your picture?" "Let's go!" "So, what's the most important thing?" "Life!" "Life?" "Yeah, life, 'cause I almost lost it two years ago. Come to think of it, I also almost lost it seven years ago when I got hit by a car. But I'm still alive." Off camera, her friend kept yelling, "She's a superstar!" Centre Square "So, what are you doing?" "I'm putting a book in the kiosk. It's take one, put one, take one, put one. I took one last time and didn't have one to replace it, so I'm doing it now." "That's so cool!" "Yes it is... I have so many books to leave. I'm making my rounds. I have three Bibles I think I'm going to put in, but I don't know if it's really the place for them..." Tiny snowflakes had started to fall yesterday afternoon on the gathering of Easton police officers and firefighters in Centre Square. Chief Carl Scalzo told me, "It's the nine year anniversary of our fallen police officer Jesse Sollman. It was a horrible incident, and we gather here every year on March 25th to mourn and remember all three of our Easton officers who gave their lives in the line of duty." Northampton Street The Viet Hua Asian grocery store is really intriguing, with myriad vegetables, fruits, and canned goods I can't identify but look amazingly delicious. When I turned the corner in the aisle, I found a little boy slumped on top of a freezer, looking like an oversized pillow, contentedly watching a show on an iPhone while his mom did some business. |
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