I’m originally from the East Coast, having lived in New Jersey, New York, Iowa and Connecticut at different points in my life before moving to California. (Connecticut was one of the harder moves as the name was hard for me to spell, I still remember being called up to the blackboards with other kids to sound and write it out and finding it quite difficult even with the teacher helping break it into the three words of Connect, I and Cut).
Since I live in a much warmer state now than any previously, I’m usually wearing short sleeves year round, and rarely wear a coat even though I really like my trench length leather jacket. People are always asking if I’m cold and I’ll usually say no, having not really thought about the temperature till then.
One thing that reminds me of how cold it is, and how it’s getting, is seeing dogs wearing their sweaters. I can’t remember having seen a lot of dogs wearing clothing back east, yet its possible I just wasn’t paying attention. This little fellow above, Monte, frequents a few coffee shops I go to. When I saw him wearing his fall sweater for the first time a few weeks ago, I started really feeling cold.
Fall is also a time of celebration for the anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library at San Jose State University. When the library was first proposed, it was opposed by many faculty, staff and students, who thought the quality of the library would suffer as it was to be shared for the most part with the residents of the city (certain materials still can only be checked out by students).
As someone whose had the privilege to use the library both as a SJSU student and community member, I think it’s a great project and I’m thankful for it. I was just at the library yesterday taking out a lot of books as usual, it occurred to me that the library’s 6th anniversary had happened not so long ago this fall. I don’t remember seeing any invitations for events happening for the anniversary this year, so I found a few shots of performers from last year’s event to share.
Though I did stay for and photograph some of the speakers, my favorite parts of the celebration were the performers, who of course also made the best photos visually.
They included jugglers who performed for small groups and individuals and a martial arts group who performed a style that was a combination of dance and fighting moves to music.
by Danielle Stolman
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