Walking home in the West Village at 12 midnight and see a cluster of people in the street and a taxi cab stopped diagonally in the traffic. As our group approaches the static group we realize there is an ‘event’ in the street. Upon closer inspection it is a young woman, dressed in black leather …
Category Archives: Good Samaritans
Tipping the Doorman
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/news/a2535/the-truth-about-what-you-should-tip-your-doorman-this-holiday-season/ Should you have nothing better to do, and you are wondering what it’s like to be a wealthy City dweller, then this is the article for you over a cup-of-coffee.
you are either part of the solution…
…or you are part of the problem. I return to the City, in car with two dogs and have decided I will park in front of my apartment building for the time it takes to unload my luggage [and of course plants], before driving off to return car and dogs to owner. I pull …
911
By now, you’ve had the experience where you hear a sound, a loud sound, and you know you should be able to identify it, but you can’t? Last evening, had just finished a telephone call with ‘another ship’ – a friend who is traveling a lot this summer – and away as I have been …
The Perks
of offering to help someone standing on the corner with a guide book. They were three, a father, mother and son. The book was in French. The sun was out and I was on my way to a destination, but they looked lost. So I stopped and asked if they needed help. They wanted to …
Going to the Dogs
At the Sweet Corner Bake Shop.
Life Lessons
Some truths are universal and it doesn’t matter where you live. “The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose” – from a tj card by Shawn Byles. I packed to there and back again a ‘color stick’ gifted me by Hilary and every day as I use it – thoughts of her. The …
This I Do Not Understand
In the Oregonian, are advertisements for children in search of foster care homes. It reminds me of advertisements for pets. It feels absolutely inappropriate. Can anyone enlighten me on this.
Eye Department
921 SW 16th Avenue. Popped in unannounced to them this morning with a pair of favorite glasses that had lost the arm. Within a few minutes the screw was replaced and I was on my way, with a smile and no charge. Most unexpected and most gracious. If you are in need of eyewear, give …
Generous
It is absolutely touching and heart warming when friends come to The Mousetrap. Last evening: Ann and Tommie and Kathleen and Gordon. Thank you so very much. I know you had a long, long drive over the mountains to get here and I am so very appreciative of the time and expense to come to …