Hello. Just me today, no fiction right now. Thinking of you all, and how close I feel to people I have never met. What is meeting in person really? It is pleasant to do. I would love to see your faces, hear your real voices, see what your hands do when you are thinking. In some cases I have had some of those things. I hold tight the memory of those ( Read more... )

I got a late start with my reading in December. I was busy with the dailiness of things-- I find that I read a whole lot more articles and news stories than ever before, now that I can get them online. And more widely too. How my journalist parents would have loved this online news world ( Read more... )

I cannot get into lj on my new laptop. I went to sign in and it said that my ip address was 'temporarily banned.' Has this ever happened to any of you? Luckily I was still signed in here-- on the desktop. Son says it it is probably not forever and not anything to do with me. Still feels odd ( Read more... )

Every night almost, now, I am on the same train at the same time to Stillwell ave. I am one of those hopeful looking people panting up the subway steps, to catch a particular car. And I see the same people doing the same, people who have lives that synchronize with mine. I have made two friends, so far. One is a friendly woman about my age, who ( Read more... )

The last week has been brutal here. So so cold. In the twenties, with a strong gusty wind. (That is below zero for you Celsius folks.) Not just hat and mittens, but face-mask cold. I never did wear the face-mask, but I regretted that. I have been wearing the hat and mittens that I made last year. I wish now that I had sewed the seams on the mittens ( Read more... )

Phrase of the day-- I said it a few minutes back. What does this say about my life? "You can never have too many ramekins." It is as true as any, and more harmless than some. (How about 'God never gives us more than we can manage?' That one has done a lot of harm ( Read more... )

Recently met a pitbull when I was walking alone. Many around here are intact males. This one was, and I could see the scars too, down over his face, and sides. If you don't have a dog with you they are usually sweet. This guy was wiggling with joy as I came down the sidewalk. He was being walked by a man. I asked dog's name and it was Beast ( Read more... )

Certainly not legal, and what if there were a fire? Landlord must be pleased to be able to charge somebody for the weird little space. There is something charming though about this young striver and his oddly specific grocery list. When we lived in Sunset Park there was a group of men who lived int the basement furnace room. We were not supposed to ( Read more... )

I am back! But you guys did not even know I was gone ( Read more... )

Daughter went to this event last night. When she left husband said 'be careful don't get shot.'He was only half kidding. She laughed up at him and said "in this family mom is the one who gets shot.' She was only half kidding ( Read more... )