City and Country
September Round-Up
We've been lucky with the weather in NYC this September. Many bright, warm days The aftermath of the powerful hurricane…
City Summer Strolling
OK - so this image is misleading. My photo app tells me this is from last year when - on…
The Hard Way
I received a book in the mail this week. Nothing unusual about that even though I do try to buy…
Columbia, Cats, Cass, and a Spring Stickybeak
Before decamping to Brooklyn for the month I saw this on a utility box on Riverside Drive. Someone had gone…
Art and the Garden
If you are in New York City and looking for a outing here's a suggestion: Wave Hill Garden in the…
The View From Here: Signs of the Times and Chickens
I've been thinking about how we need to stop using the word "gender" to refer to people and why we…
Making Change
On a daily neighborhood soodle a while back I saw this single golden sandal on a stoop on W112th Street.…
New York City and Free Speech Not Welcome
Yesterday I took my stickybeaking self downtown to City Hall Park where Standing for Women was holding an event. You…
Summers and Adventure
It's all a long time ago now but I spent the summer of 1969 playing. With a shiny new degree…
Summer in the City: Parks, Pocket Parks and Patches
Summer in the City Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down,…