Not the First, Not the Last Post to Mention Edward Hopper

For previous mentions, see Hopper Leitmotif, Noon in the Village, and Storm Chasing (there are others).

But today, there's this, and it's remarkable.



I will have trouble waiting, for more.

Storm Chasing

The storm gathered, rumbling, darkening, while I strode the dam, finding Widow Skimmers, Violet Dancers, Slaty Skimmers, Blue Dashers, and Halloween Pennants hanging on, despite threatening weather.

Just after lightning struck and before rain pummeled my car, I idled, charmed by the color-block farm field, lit briefly like a Hopper painting come south, promising something sinister on the way. 

Hard rain stirs nerves, sending us all inside or aground.

Noon in the Village

Business closed. 

Building empty. 

One table; one chair.

Shadows the only occupants. 




Edward Hopper nostalgia.

Hopper Leitmotif

Powell Hardware (1910), Decherd, TN

The taxidermied bear
rearing up, teeth bared,
in the corner window
forced me to park
and dust off the windows.
Inside, a five-foot
carved and barbed catfish
floated above a primitive
chest with dovetail joinery.
The still-slotted key hung
from a 1950s Coke machine
glinted and two huge plastic
Mickey Mouse characters
extended their gloved hands
toward empty buildings
across the street.
Respite from Wal-Mart,
welcome Hopper leitmotif.