Very little to say this month, but my time has cleared to the point where I can think about it again. It’s been a tumultuous ride both personally and professionally, with a lot of travel mixed in. Right now I’m back at a cafe on Court Street, coffee at hand and the Byrds on my… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: weather
On the level, trash is neat…
Listening, for the fourth time in the last couple of days to Roxy Music’s Manifesto. For years I’ve turned to the lush keening of “Dance Away”, but right now I want to kep hearing “Trash” and “My Little Girl” if only to mark the distance between my mod and their new wave flourishes. The guitar… Continue Reading
Time to Punch the Sky God!
Or Goddess. When I left the house this morning all of the steps of my stoop were slicked with ice, covered by a thin layer of freezing water which was pelting from the sky in huge drops. I made it down the first step only to start to skid on the next two. Luckily I… Continue Reading
What I learneded, a little bit…
My word, but the snow is ugly in New York at this point! Last night another layer of gritty proto-slush was dumped over the thawing/refreezing mess that is already heaped around my neighborhood. I could barely stop to shoot a couple of pictures of the cruft, because all iI want today is to be inside…. Continue Reading
The calm after the storm.
A lovely walk with The Princess through a sparkling Brooklyn on Monday, capped by breakfast with some other pals at Tom’s Restaurant. I squeezed in a little drawing in the afternoon, forgetting that I had made a date in Manhattan for dinner. Luckily, it wasn’t an impossible loss, and once I hustled my way over… Continue Reading
Tearing up the plaza…
The plaza around work is going. and because of the new barrier wall, we only get glimpses of any attractive construction workers, not that I need such distractions in my life. All my resolve about not running the air conditioner too much this year is vanishing in the face of the swampy solar onslaught. My… Continue Reading
Blown…
Last night’s wind was brutal. I walked downtown from Chelsea to attend a dinner, and my hair whipped my face for blocks. The wind also exacerbated my allergies, defeating the Claritin in my system. I was a little rumpled and disgruntled by the time I got to the restaurant, but a couple of red wines… Continue Reading
Still coming down…
Yes It’s snowing here in Brooklyn, and blowing. It’s piling up in the street because plowing doesn’t happen so much in the minor boroughs and certainly even less in our little particular back water. It’s not bad news. I’ve had a good day all in all, sleeping off the bad vibes of a brutal work… Continue Reading
Say your prayers, villain!
Shoulders aching. It’s been a bumbling weekend. A little sketching got done. Things interrupted other things. Saturday’s weather was simply wretched: sloppy not snow not rain, falling so slowly that it didn’t count as sleet either. But its damp and cold penetrated everywhere, especially for under-dressed me. I finished up reading The Year’s Best Science… Continue Reading
This is the look that says: “Take me out, you lazy, lazy sod”…
It’s clear and warm in Brooklyn. I’m going to go out in it (again) in a little while. Got to soak up any autumnal pleasantness as I find it. For the first time in many days I’m not waking up with an immediate deadline or meeting hanging over my head. What lightness! Last night I… Continue Reading