We thought the backpack belonged to the two women across the Taco Deli picnic table from us. They had said yes when I asked if it was theirs. I must have misunderstood. It turned out to belong to Marco who walked up a few minutes later, clearly drunk and apparently homeless. “I’m not sure I’d […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Unintentionally In Sync
Sat, 18 Feb 2017, 12:18 PM (-06:00)
It was lunchtime. I didn’t feel like going far for something to eat, because it was cold. So I walked to Whole Foods for the salad bar. I was sitting at a tall table, eating my meal, working on French language drills on my phone and enjoying the music. I glanced in the direction of […]
Fine Things
Mon, 13 Feb 2017, 02:35 AM (-06:00)
It’s a fine thing, that Oak tree sapling poking up out of the pot from the acorn we poked into the dirt in the pot under the mulch in the fall. A fine thing, that spring-green finery, ever optimistic under blue skies and under chicken wire to keep the squirrels at bay. And it’s a […]
Lady Liberty
Sun, 5 Feb 2017, 01:46 PM (-06:00)
From the cover of Der Spiegel from Germany. From the cover of the New Yorker from the East Coast. And from a protest sign in Poughkeepsie.