A morning walk

This morning I decided to start a new habit of going out for a walk in the mornings. The weather has cooled down enough to make that a very pleasant experience. It was interesting to observe the city waking up. Some of the things I saw...
-lines of men waiting at the bakeries for their bread
-women washing their sidewalks and balconies, water running down the streets everywhere
-sleepy children walking to school, burdened down by their heavy backpacks
-stragglers at the mosque, finishing up their morning prayers
-sidewalks with cars parked on them and trees growing in the middle of them, not quite like the
beautiful sidewalks in Bloomingdale, Illinois where I used to walk
-stinky sewer water running everywhere
-vegetable stands washing off their fruits & vegetables, getting ready for customers
It was fun walking up and down the little side streets, seeing real Kurdish life and dreaming about how we can reach these people with our message of life.