It’s snowing, that great, crumbly ski-perfect snow, not quite as cold as yesterday. As I walk toward the bus stop two blocks away, I’m thinking ‘should have brought an umbrella’. As I approach, to my delight, I see the bus already there and idling. When I board, the driver says, ‘Won’t be leaving for a …
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How Our Actions Affect Those We Don’t Expect
Last night at 11:15 the buzzer to my apartment rang. That meant someone at the street level was wanting something. I could hear commotion, and so listened more intently to see if it might be a neighbor who forgot their outer door key. Living in a small apartment building, all of us are known to …
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Overheard
When I sat down, on the seat in front of her on the bus, she was speaking softly into her phone. Not intending to overhear….she says… I’m still at work.
The Pictures Tell the Truth
It is Cold! The puppy-mill dogs for sale for hundreds of dollars are out of the windows where they normally frolic in order to entice buyers to purchase. The windows now have signs hanging in them, asking you to come inside to play. No one is sleeping on the street, it is suicide to do …
There He Lay
on the bench that provides seating for those who purchase items to eat from the deli. Only he was prone. What caught my eye before I got to his prostrate figure was the policeman and the jogger talking with each other, intently. He on the bench was about 65-70, overweight, unshaven, and wearing one of …
The City Carries On..
… while my life veers all over the map. I have gone nowhere…just keeping it together along with everyone else.
The Sign Above Her Head Read:
“This seat is reserved for someone in a really good mood”. Oblivious to the sign but seated below it was a girl, laughing and talking on a cell phone. Pure coincidence, as beside her, one seat away from the poster sat a somber pensive girl. They could as easily have been switched.
Don’t Ask
So I don’t have to tell. It was a weekend to beat all weekends, none of which is reportable. But I can tell you the main event I missed: the ‘No pants subway ride’. Everywhere, apparently on Sunday, improv groups in their skivvies and less were riding the rails and I missed it!!
Inexplicable
Was waiting at a traffic light behind the wheel of a car on a street in Soho, just past noon today. Noticed an Asian woman on the sidewalk to my right and ahead, pushing a baby stroller with her right hand, while taking a picture of a piece of fashion in a window with the …
Cough, Cough
It was the subject of discussion for at least 20 minutes after I arrived and others kept arriving. The cough of a fellow passenger on the Subway. Whether they covered their mouth, how many times they coughed, were you sitting next to them, are you now feeling ill. It is amazing to watch it happen. …