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…

3 weeks ago

City Summer Strolling

OK - so this image is misleading. My photo app tells me this is from last year when - on…

2 months ago

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…

5 months ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

2 years ago

Making Change

On a daily neighborhood soodle a while back I saw this single golden sandal on a stoop on W112th Street.…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Summers and Adventure

It's all a long time ago now but I spent the summer of 1969 playing. With a shiny new degree…

2 years ago

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,…

2 years ago

A Cabinet of Curiosities

Raw, cold, and damp but it's still good to get out. Thanks to the ongoing lurgy there are no social…

3 years ago