…. On April Fool’s Day, a friend, Dustin Kelly, who has become a berry farmer and producer of jellies, announced on Facebook: “Hey everybody, great …
31 Mar
Here with Dad for a week in the South Mountain. For two days it snowed and drizzled. Akram and I slept, slowed down from New …
24 Mar
… Sorting clothes before washing, putting them into piles, pulling out the socks so they aren’t balled up, making sure it’s not all been twisted …
17 Mar
… Observing Children Yesterday afternoon, after school, I approached a group of children, teacher in front, the kids straggling behind but together like ducks, all …
16 Mar
61 Things are often more beautiful at a distance, but not you. The closer the more inevitable you become. Before I thought beauty was what …
10 Mar
… Thursday after class as I walked down Fourteenth Street in the cold drizzling rain, I stopped at the Duane Reade on Third Avenue and …
3 Mar
… Walking down Grand Street after class, looking to buy some fish, Talapia to be exact, I stood before some huge carp and huger catfish …
24 Feb
… I met my friend Bill Kushner on Friday at 9th Avenue and 23rd Street. It was high noon. I jumped off the bus and …
17 Feb
… I’ve opened my living room windows letting in refreshing air and the songs of birds rising out of La Plaza. I can recognize three …
10 Feb
My friend Tony came home from work, unlocked his door and saw his cat sitting by the refrigerator, not paying any attention to him as …
3 Feb
… I made a New Year’s resolution to start swimming. Here it is February the third and I finally am. The pool at the Chinatown …
2 Feb
Your girlfriend gets naked. She puts on all of the jewelery you’ve ever bought her. Then she dances only for you. Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t …