I have read it as fact, that the early settlers were not seen arriving in their boats by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, because you can’t see what you don’t know. [the theory is that the shaman, better attuned to observation, saw the ripples in the water and reasoned that ripples were indicative of …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
On the Street
Walking north on 7th Avenue early Sunday morning with a friend, a package slipped under a mailbox catches my eye. I walk past then reverse and stand there, conversing in speculation about what it could be. We can see a what appears to be a couple of folded pillowcases and the rest is all white …
All In A Day’s Ride
His head was shaved, and I didn’t think anything about it when he sat down in front of me on the crosstown bus. After he was seated I looked up and saw he had had someone tattoo an alert, open eye including that small clear dot in the pupil where the light refracts, under an …
The Light Goes On
I love it when the light goes on. Three females, with one map in hand, stop me as I am walking. Pardon, they said, can you tell us how to get to Broadway? I ask, what are you going to do once you get to Broadway? Do you want to go north or south? Further …
The Bass
The eye-catching young man entered the subway car holding his bass-fiddle naked – the bass was without case or cover. Unprotected. I wondered how he dared do that; expose his instrument to the whims of weather. He was tall, handsome, with a couple of 24 hours worth of 5 o’clock shadow. While contemplating why he …
Night of the Week
It was Wednesday night and I was returning from the Upper West Side [UWS] to the Village. It had been a clever evening of lovely food and wine. I waited for the subway and when it arrived, got on. It lurched forward immediately and caught me and my balance off guard. I was going to …
Musings
…not certain about being a dog in the city. I see such variation in owners and the way they treat their dogs. Some owners act like their dogs are ‘good kids’ and some act like the dogs are ‘bad kids’. I have a hard time watching the interaction with the ‘bad kid dog’. There was …
Thanksgiving Day
Got up reasonably early to go and view the Macy’s parade. As for putting their name before the American public, Macy’s has outdone Bloomingdales and any other NYC retailer. It rolls off everyones tongue as they jockey for position along the curb and the street for a view. It is 9:06 a.m. and by now …