Construction bear on the subway
Several nice bear/d sightings lately. Maybe it's because it's mid-February, the cruelest month, at least as far as cold weather in concerned. (January was actually colder but in the third month of winter we're all sick of it.) Last week I was on the subway home, wrapped up in a Ken Ken or crossword puzzle, and I looked up, and there was an urban lumberjack, but he looked sincere and comfortable in his cap, beard, flannel, jeans, and boots, and not wearing them with hipster irony. The next day, another beautiful bear outside my lunch place, and then on my next subway ride I sat across from this construction bear. Being straight across from me meant I could hold up my phone as if I was reviewing mail, and fortunately the ringer volume (which was off at the time) on my cheap phone also controls the alert sound my phone makes when a photo is taken.
