​PHOTO ESSAY  -  
          The Unexpected
The View from Corona Heights Park    -    Photo by J. Greenberg                                    

THE GINGERBREAD MONOLITH - A TRUE STORY
​​by Janis Greenberg

Dateline San Francisco, Dec. 25 or so, 2020:   The Gingerbread Monolith disappeared, but someone left a photo of it.

All around the world there were reports of monoliths suddenly showing up in strange places.  
In San Francisco, one monolith appeared on top of Corona Heights Park ​but all we have now is a photo of a photo.
My friend kneeled before the photo, in true pandemic gear.
Another person comes to worship in his or their own fashion.
In the year 2020, monoliths of different materials appeared in strange places all over the world. One such monolith, made of gingerbread, strangely enough, appeared here in San Francisco. Presumably someone, or something, ate it.

​We were left with a framed photo but now even that is gone. My photo of a photo may be the last remaining relic of this true and unexpected event.  
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​​Janis Greenberg once aspired to be a literature professor but after reading several novels set in colleges, is quite glad she didn't. She moved to San Francisco from Boston after graduating from UMass Amherst. She worked in accounting, photography, and eventually retired as a technical writer from Oracle. She has taken Bay Area community college courses in subjects as diverse as Java, technical writing, and job cost accounting. The only course she quit was tax preparation. It was too illogical. As a retiree, she likes to do occasional pro-bono photography for people and organizations in need. She also enjoys bridge, poker tournaments, kayaking, and lots of novels.

Janis is a first time contributor to Vistas & Byways in this Spring 2023 issue. 
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