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CitySketch – Central Park Bridge
“The most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.” Christo The southeast corner of Central Park park is dominated by a pond called The Pond and behind it, if you’re coming in from the east, the Hallett Nature Sanctuary. From the Central Park Conservancy’s website: Hallett Nature Sanctuary is one of… Read more
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Indian Summer
Indian summer is defined as a period of unusually dry, warm weather occurring in late autumn. It can also mean a period of happiness or success occurring late in life. And it’s a sweet little song by The Doors. I love you, the best Better than all the rest I love you, the best Better… Read more
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The Last Song
The last song I sang cracked in my throat The last words I spoke were too soft to hear The last sun that rose left no shadows The last sun that set illuminated nothing The last time I held you I wasn’t there The last breath I took was not of air The last road… Read more
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Images From Another Medieval Festival
“Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing higher, nothing stronger, nothing larger, nothing more joyful, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth.” Thomas à Kempis, 1420-ish If you were on the very upper west side last Sunday and thought you heard or smelled something a little different in the air, you weren’t imagining… Read more
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There’s A Better World Coming
“You can listen to Woody Guthrie’s songs and actually learn how to live.” Bob Dylan I woke up today feeling helpless and hopeless. There’s something about a madman shooting hundreds of people from a hotel window that breeds helplessness. And something more about living in a country of cowards who bow before the National Rifle… Read more
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