On Willow Street

Willow Street was aptly named as it follows the Guadalupe River, so lovely to see the water flowing. And the willows. Perhaps they’re hesitant after so many years of drought, but they’re turning green and orange around the edges anticipating that first moment of spring. I never realized that Almaden  Parkway follows the Guadalupe River, and this is why Willow Street is called Willow Street. The family that is putting me up lives on Willow Street, across from the old church, Sacred Heart Church? where I went to as a child, the neighborhood is still strongly Latino but gentrification is nibbling away at the edges.