Sometimes I feel there’s fire everywhere. Inside my brain and soul. On the streets. Coming out of people’s mouths. There’s a firestorm brewing. There’s a firestorm that has scorched the earth. There’s fury. Fiery spirit. It’s all burning. Let all it burn, I say.
Everyone is in need of a form of connection. Well, maybe not everyone. There are those happily removed from everyone and everything. But for the most part people desire and even crave a connection. During pandemic times, even moreso. The holiday season is starting up. Well, I already […]
I can easily eat pickles as a snack and feel full and content. I never understood why pickles were considered a pregnant woman’s craving. I eat them all the time. Salt. Brine. Yum. And during these pandemic times, I’ve gotten even more into pickles. It’s comfort food I […]
Chaos is everything these days. Everything. Everywhere. I am someone who thrives in chaos. Or I used to be. That is until I upped the ante on chaos. You tempt chaos it will and will happily be your companion. They say to choose carefully your life companions; albeit […]
Many people are black or white thinkers. They don’t like gray. They don’t do nuance. Others live completely in the gray zone. I, for one, live in the gray. More often than not, I’m comfortable living in the gray. I think such a framework has helped me move […]
Empty halls Empty passages Flying umbrellas People disappearing Running yo and fro Come what may A dirty martini languishes Stirred and shaken A vibrant city searching for an answer
Living in New York City this past year has been an act of love, resistance and resilience. Plainly speaking, it has been hard. Day in and day out I walked to the clinic wondering how we would get to the other side. Sadly, for many others it didn’t […]
These times have been difficult No denying that We breathe difficulty day in and day out We crave normalcy Yet things have been shattered and shuttered Boarded up and closed off forever more New things will come Yet it will not be the same Change is rooted in […]
In walking over 15,000 daily New York City steps one comes across many odds and ends. You come across all sorts of characters and situations. As such, you always have to be on your toes. You always need to scan ahead. And, sometimes you come across an object […]
Stasis or movement? Energy. Kinetic energy. I’m obsessed with kinectic energy. That should have been my phrase for the year. Everywhere I look I think of that. That to me is 2020. Look at the world famous New York City subway system. It is open and moving and […]
