A children’s book, posted Burma Shave style along the local greenway, and a map of this week’s incorporation anniversary celebration, shared by a city hall security guard, were each significant mood boosters, but the blue jeans I wore and the pollen I walked through without issue must be counted.

<img src=”https://georgeous.org/uploads/2023/ae2636fb4b.jpg” width=”600″ height=”451″ alt=”A stretch of old cement sidewalk, liberally strewn, or seasoned, with pale yellow green pollen that has fallen and built up underneath trees along Church Lane just east of San Pablo Avenue Tuesday, April 25, 2023 in San Pablo, California “>