My mom is a proud Army veteran. My limited understanding of her enlistment is that Mom wanted to see the world, so she joined the military. She was sent from her home in North Dakota to Fort Gordon in Georgia, where her peers played “Hey Jude” repeatedly; it’s where, how, and why she met my … Continue reading Mom’s Friend Mary
I'm not going to say I was a prophet—I didn't see Corona coming. But as it was getting closer, and especially that night that I found out, I said, "Guys, I think this is way bigger than we imagined," and no one believed me.
This pollution of violence is clouding the air and I’m looking at my life and it’s ramped up. Even my awareness of it had ramped up at that moment.
Or: A list of sites in NYC to re-name, post-haste. Christopher Columbus Day is typically honored in New York City with a parade uptown and, mystifyingly, a mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. This year, due to COVID restrictions, the parade is digital. It was still broadcast on TV. Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated today as well, … Continue reading A Short List of All the Stuff Named After Christopher Columbus
Before it all started, I was able to load up on library books. Thanks to Annie! I had six or eight library books. That was luck.
Three court officers perished on September 11, 2001 while rescuing victims during the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Twenty Manhattan court officers rushed to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. Today two court officers are honored with corners in front of a New York County courthouse, while the third has a NYC Parks greenspace … Continue reading September 11th’s Three Court Officers: Captain William Thompson, Sergeant Thomas Jurgens, and Sergeant Mitchel Wallace
On Sunday, May 10th at 2 p.m.(ish) I left my apartment for a 2.23-mile walk to (and from) Bed-Stuy (formally Bedford-Stuyvestant) to honor Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old man murdered on February 23, in his own neighborhood of Satilla Shores, Georgia. Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael followed (menaced) Arbery; Travis shot (murdered) Arbery after a brief confrontation. It wouldn't be … Continue reading #IRunWithMaud
Jimmy Webb died this week. He was 62; the cause was cancer.His death has been recorded by Gothamist, Rolling Stone, and Consequence of Sound, but not the New York Times, so I feel an obligation to remember him here, even if this blog hasn't launched yet.Jimmy was called to New York by a Lou Reed song, and … Continue reading In Memory of Jimmy Webb
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