You’ve all probably heard it by now. New York crime has been on the rise. Most New Yorkers know this and feel it everyday. They may not be able to tell you with absolute certainty the rates or which crimes in particular have gone up, but they know […]
Yes, I am still on my Only Murders in Building binge. Every day I watch it, I gain an insightful nugget that resonates with my life. Boy, do I wish lived in a building with murders I could probe and podcast. Well, not real murders. I wouldn’t wish […]
She stared at the prickly flowers. They were beautiful. They were rough. They were fiery yet gentle. They were like her mother. And, today was the day she had dreaded since childhood. She put on her black dress. She grabbed a shawl and a hat. She held her […]
I’m now fully into my Only Murders in Building binge-watching mode. This will make two days in a row where I quote the television show. When I heard the female protagonist (Mable) utter this following phrase, I thought it fit me quite well. At one in point in […]
This week I finished binge-watching Pretty Little Liars. I had seen it before but had not fully followed it. And, now I was able to make connections that I hadn’t before. Now that I finished binge watching seven seasons of a television show I felt a twinge of […]
Overenthused Over-complimentary Opaque 1,000 words a minute Unremarkable, yet fantastic Punctuated in all the wrong places Randomly set Just between us Honestly, honestly Like a butterfly song Flitter and flutter You want to believe because its so pretty But don’t turn your brain off Don’t be fleeced of […]
Last week I did something I have rarely done in my 10 years of blogging. I put out two posts in one day. Interestingly enough for me, I didn’t recall writing both of them and setting out to post them on the same day. There are times that […]
The ashes are reigning Sprinkled in the cupcakes Salty, crisp, and hot Where did the love go Using hateful words Don’t be afraid of these moments of clarity It’s not a silly moment A fire can light up the sky A fire can just burn everything down to […]
Today, was one of those very New York days. First off, sadly, today was the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We are still all very much impacted by this in my beloved city. As I rode the subway today, I felt everything was more or less normal […]
Today, supposedly, we shall experience a harvest moon. And such a moon can be bright orange and tends to dignal that autumn is coming and it is harvesting time. And, we get to go pick pumpkins and the like. I love the fall season and, as such, I’m […]