out of time and place

[threeplusfire]

Last night on the way home, riding in Melynda's car down Burnet road near St Louis church, I saw something that should have been on the street in Moscow centuries ago. An old woman, with a sign, and dolls for sale. We waited fifteen seconds at the light, and I stared at her coat, the scarf on her head, the fingers curled tightly. She had dolls at her feet, the kind almost a foot tall and wearing elaborate dresses. I wonder what she was doing out there, of all the places.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

They looked like nice dolls. (Granted it was only by streetlight, but still.) It was just so Old World-ly.