Monthly Archives: April 2015
Karma
This is meant to be thought-provoking, not offensive. I am terribly, terribly sorry for the survivors who had to lose loved ones. Loss to death is a soul-agonizing loss for those left behind. But having read nearly every book and watched every movie about Everest it is as if ‘the gods’ have said ‘enough’. The …
Spring in Central Park
pictures, no words needed
The City
I was away from the City. Whenever I go away, I always wonder if it is what I am meant to do. Live more rural, more close-to-the land; more in tune with nature. After 8 days of snow, more snow and then if that wasn’t enough, yet more snow, it was heaven to return to …
2nd Avenue & E 6th Street
This is all that is left on the corner where the buildings stood that were blown up by the gas leak. The flowers in the middle are a remembrance to the two persons that died.
To Where Did Her Name Disappear?
Overheard last evening at the theatre. Was seated next to two late thirties, early forties young men. They were discussing the documentary that one of them was trying to get off the ground. The subject matter was oppressive oligarchies. In the course of the discussion, one of said, “Mrs George Clooney is interested in the …
The View from Above
As the trailer parked beneath my window today is for a model shoot, for which I have neither aspiration nor interest, I am not feeling pangs of exclusion and can, while writing, occasionally look out and observe them coming and going.
Too Good not to Report
This is directly from the New Yorker magazine. It was one of those front page articles. This one about a coyote sighting on a rooftop of LIC Bar in Long Island City. What made the story so good was that the headlining band at the bar that night- ready for it? the Coyote Anderson Quartet. …
And So It Goes…
..only that was not the intention. Popped into the neighborhood wine shop and while asking about a small bottle of vodka to use to make vanilla for recipes – yes really, the Asian woman who owns it and is suggesting brands, all of a sudden, jumps past me from behind the counter and yells, “They …
Don’t Bite the Hook
by Pema Chodron. Finding freedom from Anger, Resentment and Other Destructive Emotions. The cover of the CD has a goldfish swimming. Such a great visual for such a subject