Three things that are good: hitting a goal, a long hot shower and depositing a paycheck. I have to remember to send some of my old clothes on their way: I’ve been changing shape a bit lately, so I’ve picked up a bunch of new clothes, but I still have quite a few of the… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: gratitude
I’m grateful for…
Hot water in the midst of winter. Tags: daily photo, gratitude… Continue Reading
Look out…
Lehigh’s back home. And taking her rightful place on the bed. Yesterday I was awoken by three friends and a birthday cake of astonishing artistry, now I have to contemplate the prospect of eating most of a layer cake. Must invite more company over! As much as Lehigh wants to help, it’s a chocolate cake,… Continue Reading
Thanks to all..
Part of my Birthday celebration has been a vacation from on line life. After a couple of days in meat world, I’m coming back, so let me express deep thanks for all those great birthday greetings. I’m bowled over! Tags: daily photo, friends, gratitude… Continue Reading
Porn I say, Porn…
Of the foodal variety. No turkey today at my family dinner, but here’s the pumpkin cheese cake my aunt made. My sister was the main artiste, producing a savory bread pudding with kale, fall off the bone roast lamb, Brussels sprouts, potatoes and even a batch of luscious Parmesan and butter biscuits, made she said,… Continue Reading
I’d rather just say…
SO instead of getting all ranty about the return to Brooklyn travel meltdown, I’m going to instead talk about the great people I spent time with on either end of it. On the Hamburg end , I met up with Heike, who was a student in the ICP program in our second graduating class. She… Continue Reading
I told her it would be there…
Last night was the end of the year dinner for my students, out little in-house graduation before the official event at Bard on Saturday. A generous trustee hosts it at their house every year. The students got dolled up and we presented them with a certificate that I designed. It’s a lovely event and this… Continue Reading
I’ve sat next to hotness…
I’m feeling down these past couple of days: cut off, out of it. And physically a bit wrong. The causes are multiple, but a big one is the fact that Monday was the anniversary of Phil’s death. Along with a couple of other dates in the year, it’s become a spot where I have to… Continue Reading
As of today…
I’ve been around here for 49 years. I have to say that the past few years have proved to be among the most surprising in all of my life. As I noted last week, despite occasional gripes, I am one lucky duck. People talk about who they were in their past lives. Even if I… Continue Reading
Today is the fifth anniversary of the creation of this journal. Seeing the date approaching, I’ve been trying to figure out some glamorous, clever way of marking it. No such luck. So here are five lists of five things: Five most recent things I’ve bought on iTunes: Suicide: First album Various Artists: New York No… Continue Reading