The curse of living alone. Yesterday evening, wanted to ‘remote control’ the AC and looked for the hand-held-device. Could not find it. Looked in the usual places, not there. Then one starts looking in the unusual places, hoping against hope, it isn’t there, because that would be a true sign of the beginnings of de-railment. …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
To Good to be False – Conclusion
This bouquet was the conclusion. We showed up, she early, me late and sick from the trauma of the morning, dogs, lost keys, locked out. I sipped orange soda to feel better, – no idea why that helps – she set up for the scene… and as they say ‘You bring on stage whatever is …
To Good to be False
In acting classes, one of the ‘jobs’ is to find a scene from a play, rehearse it with a fellow actor a number of times in a number of ways and then after approximately six rehearsals present it to the person from whom you are taking the class. The current class is an in-depth look …
The Berries
When have you last seen raspberries with the stem in, purchased at a City farmers market
39 Steps
Nothing is more enjoyable than taking a young teenager to their first Broadway or Off-Broadway show experience. This past weekend hosted the daughter, of the daughter, of a dear deceased friend. The granddaughter chose to see, from the list I sent her, “39 Steps”. One of the male actors has had a full-time job for …
Sights
Observations within minutes of each other on Park Avenue South. A dark-skinned man, dressed in a long-sleeved-buttoned-at-the-wrist-black shirt and pants, kneeling in Islamic prayer position on the-90-degrees-in-the-shade-hot-sidewalk. Immediately came to mind the Bible quote when Jesus exhorts whomever not to be demonstrative in public prayer but to do it in their room with the door …
Crazy
It was about 10:30 on Saturday night. He, a white male, in his 50’s entered the subway car carrying a gym bag. He looked like any other passenger, although he carried energy because he was already loudly talking. One becomes enured to the loud mouth attempting to gain attention for their shspeal, for money, food, …
Sprint – the Phone Company
not the race. Perhaps you already know this, but I find it so wrong on many levels. Sprint has been a difficult company over the past two years. Decided to return to AT&T because the Sprint company from the 90’s is not the Sprint company of 2015. The main issue is that I have no …
A Bird in the Hand and Then in the Bush
I was on my way to an appointment, near home, early this afternoon. It had already been a long day. I was dragging behind me my satchel, which isn’t quite a suitcase, but a sort of small container on wheels. It is used to carry what another person would put in a backpack. This method …
Sign Above a Mid-town Parking Lot
Life is what happens when you’re circling the block.