What was her routine?
She went to work every day, at the Baxter and Moore law firm in Manhattan. She took her lunch alone, either shopping or eating at one of the many local Manhattan restaurants. She was pleasant and friendly with co-workers helping out whenever asked. Everyone knew she was the point person to go to if there was a question about job function or company procedures of any kind. But she never developed any deep friendships at work.
Saturday mornings were spent grocery shopping, and doing her laundry. Saturday afternoons she went to the movies, or Barnes & Noble or the occasional museum. (Museums were never a favorite thing for her to do because usually it meant going back into Manhattan and she preferred not to spend weekends in Manhattan since she was there every Monday – Friday). Saturday evenings she would be seen at the local bar drinking different things on different nights. Sometimes she drank beer, sometimes seven and seven, sometimes dirty martinis. Here, too, she was pleasant and friendly, discussing politics and current events with the other patrons with ease and grace. She was approached (hit on) by men and women alike at lease once a night. Her refusals were absolute but never hurtful or rude and she always went home alone … no later than midnight.
Sundays she always went to church. Every one there knew her by name and she helped set up and clean up the after worship fellowship hour socializing gently with fellow congregants. When everything was cleaned up and put away, she left quietly and went home.
She vacationed alone. Her co-workers knew that she always seemed to look forward to traveling but apparently never went away with anyone. When asked why, her reply was that she went on vacation to refresh herself not anyone else and this was her time to see things through her eyes and the eyes of her camera alone and as only she saw fit. She was never the subject of any of her pictures preferring to photograph places and things spontaneously as the mood struck her.
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