Only four-and-a-half hours by plane.
From Honolulu to Los Angeles.
From one garden paradise to another.
To see family for a weekend.
Break up the return to Philadelphia.
Who knew I’d see the monument to John P. Jones?
On my morning wander?
Co-founder of Santa Monica.
US senator from Nevada for thirty years.
Lover (like me) of Palisades Park.
Where he’d sit to watch sunsets.
I was heartened on my favorite walk.
I could learn a new fact
about a figure I didn’t know
who made an impact.
Lynn Benjamin
March 19, 2023
