Admittedly, I was staring. At his arms. The weather was warm and I was trying to figure out from the distance of my seat on the bus, what he had on his arms. Was it tatooes? Was it skin grafts….? I had to really stare at him to make my brain interpret. At the same …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
The Traveling Plant
There was a deep sweetness to the scene: At the 42nd street stop today, a young woman, carrying a small upright potted plant in her left hand stood up to exit the subway car. She held the plant firmly, about eye height, so it would be seen and not crushed by the crowd. The door …
Bustime
This is truly the very best thing since sliced bread. On a smart phone, just by googling Bustime, you can follow the progress of the bus, as it makes its way along the route. If waiting for the M11 and you can’t see it coming down 9th Avenue at 11:20 pm and don’t know whether …
What Do You Do?
Options: Scream, yell, curse, curse and yell again. The train has just entered the station and is pulling to a stop. There you are at the turnstile, swipe the card in the card reader. The train door opens. You bump up against the turnstile, expecting it to flip over and it catches the top of …
Early Art
These art pieces are made of natural herbs. They hang in a Chinese pharmacy. Don’t you think this is how art started. along with drawings on cave walls?
A Fall Blanket
of leaves
No Good Deed…
Tuesday morning the weather turned cold, and the City awoke to big white snow flakes floating to the ground. My good-sam mode kicked in and I decided to gift a homeless person a warm pair of wool blend tights. At the bottom of the 4th Street station, the very bottom, is where I, as previously …
11-11
and so today is 11-11 and at 11 tonight King Carnival will be chosen in countries where that matters.
Dead of Night
Passed by these blossoms in the dead of night, and for some reason was astounded to see them in full bloom. Don’t know what I expected, if I thought they would close up at night, as some do. There they stood in beauty.
Choice of Bird
For those vegans among us, or just plain chocoholics, this bird stands about 15″ tall, made of delicious dark chocolate.