In my life span I have seen four persons die. Today was another. I was one block from my apartment when I happened upon the scene. I knew he had just fallen by the stunned group gathered around him. And I knew he was dead by the way his body was planted on the sidewalk. …
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Another One of those Moments
After theatre, was standing at a bus stop, with a friend, waiting for her bus to arrive. As we chatted, she noted how often women stepped in front of us, to hail a cab. Made sense, I said, wide open space, no parked cars. Three young girls, possibly foreign, suddenly stepped off the sidewalk beside …
A Mi sconception
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 …
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.