![]() ![]() And what is death? Disappearance, I should say. The question “How and when would I die?” seemed to occupy her: She once said that she wasn’t sure about destiny, attracted though she was to the idea of it, but she seemed to believe at least in symmetry (“There is something called timing in life”), and I imagine she would have thought it made perfect sense that I read her Paris book soon after my arrival and into the month of her death. The Lebanese-born painter, poet, and essayist passed away at her home in Paris on November 14, 2021, at the age of ninety-six. And then, look at Paris, do it in your imagination if your eyes can’t find it, and see what a solid mass of a city it is, what a fugue in its composition, what an epic story in its stones, what an evanescent spirit in its rain. For the time being, try to find some little joint which has a good inexpensive Bordeaux sold as house wine, because rain makes your pocket and your throat feel dry. ![]() Although you’ll never have the pink cheeks of English princesses, unless the Common Market really works. Early in it she writes:Īnd you will never die of thirst, in this city, as in African deserts your skin will never dry out, your complexion will remain pleasant. I began reading Adnan’s Paris, When It’s Naked, and it was, it turned out, a timeless field guide to the city. I had arrived from always-sunny Cairo some weeks earlier, along with my large and active dog, and was somehow ill-prepared for even the rain, let alone the hassle and duty of negotiating it. This might be true of many places, but it took reading Adnan on Paris to make my peace with it. “The people and the animals get wet, but there are unavoidable duties to perform, and they follow the rule.” “Courageous citizens,” Etel Adnan writes of them. The only people engaged with life at a normal speed were those with dogs. Everything felt taxing-even the metro was a mess. Scooters, bikes, and buses zoomed by, spattering muddy water with little regard for pedestrians. The rain was unrelenting, people huddled in cafés, and umbrellas knocked heads in the cramped streets. Staff Writer Brian Rokos contributed to this story.Paris in November. Completed electrical connections and testing of the tolling system.Installed the delineators to separate the 91 Express Lanes from general purpose lanes.Restriped the roadway to allow motorists to enter and exit the new lanes.Completed the widening of the Lincoln Avenue Bridge.Reinstated two-way travel across the Maple Bridge.Westbound Maple Street off-ramp reopened.“We didn’t see any of that this morning.”Ī news release Monday morning from the Riverside County Transportation Commission listed the work that had been completed during the weekend: “There are times when it backs up past the 15 (Freeway) and to McKinley (Street),” he said. Tolls for using the Express Lanes vary and can range from $1.55 up to $10.45 depending on time of day and day of the week, according to .ĭespite the morning gridlock, Standiford said this morning’s traffic was an improvement. Related story: In spite of fixes, some 91 Freeway commuters dubious.“There are a steady stream of cars on the Express Lanes, and the mainline of the freeway is still slow due to rush hour traffic.” “If people use the Express Lanes, that will take some cars off the mainline and should improve traffic,” Standiford said. John Standiford, deputy executive director for Riverside County Transportation Commission, said Monday he was aware of the slowing on the westbound lanes but hoped motorists would take advantage of the additional Express Lanes in the future. “I don’t think anything will make it better.” If she were to take the 91 Freeway for the less than 10 miles directly to work, she said it would take her about 30 minutes compared to the 15 to 20 minutes using her detour. Q & A: What lies ahead for 91 Freeway commuters?.Kelley, who lives in near Van Buren Boulevard in Riverside, says she takes the northbound 15 Freeway then navigates back streets to get to work. ![]() “I’m not surprised,” said Tosha Kelley, a clerk at the ARCO gas station on Lincoln Avenue south of the 91 Freeway. Related story: How much does it cost to drive in the 91 Freeway express lanes?Įvans had an Express Lane Pass but said the hardest part of his commute was McKinley Street to the old toll road entrance near Serfas Club Drive and then beginning near Green River Drive to the 15 Freeway for his drive home.īy 5 a.m., westbound traffic in the non-toll lanes was already clogged up, starting to slow at Lincoln Avenue and coming to a crawl by Serfas Club Drive. ![]()
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