There’s no end to the adventures, big and small, now that I’m living in the big city. One of the unexpected delights has been sitting on our terrace in the quiet early morning hours looking out at the tall buildings…
TALES FROM THE TERRACE
Author: Pushing Time
I'm an award-winning author who lives and writes in New York City. I'm also an avid photographer that drags not only my laptop, but also my Nikon where ever I go. I have an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Most of my work life has been in the mental health field, though for the last 10 years devoteI have devoted myself to writing fulltime and taking photographs.
NO PROBLEM
If you’ve been reading my blog you know that we’ve undergone a major life change with downsizing and moving into Manhattan. It’s certainly been fun and interesting adjusting to all these changes but this new life style has totally messed…
DO YOU SMELL THAT?
The last couple of days I’ve been preoccupied with smells. Not just any smells, but memory smells. This obsession was triggered when I opened the plastic bin where I now store my office supplies since we downsized. When I pulled…
A DESTINATION WEDDING IN PUERTO RICO
Channing proposed marriage to Raquel while they were on vacation in Puerto Rico. So it would only be fitting that they decided to tie the knot on an Island that held such romantic memories. We were thrilled to be invited…
SUMMER IN THE CITY
The move is over. Our downsizing these days has been reduced to taking out the garbage. What a change to be living in a one-bedroom place compared to our large spread out old six-room apartment back in the Bronx. There…
THE MOVE
I can’t begin to tell you how happy I was to see the moving van pull up to our apartment building. We had done all of our own packing but it was now up to the three strong, young men who…
JAWS
This downsizing experience has been going on since the beginning of February and it is now June. For weeks and week while we wait for the renovations to be completed on our new and smaller apartment, I’ve been picking through…
WAR BONDS
Our downsizing is almost over. The renovation of the new apartment is nearly completed, the move-in date is drawing near and I keep running into things, items long forgotten like this photo of my parents and me. There is…
THE BRIDE AND GROOM
During our downsizing these two dolls tumbled out of a box. I had to smile when I saw them. They were the bride and groom that stood stark naked atop our wedding cake 38 years ago. On a Friday afternoon,…
AND A HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOU TOO, MY DEAR!!
This week I’m going to move away from my preoccupation with our downsizing experience and write something for Mother’s Day. But I don’t want to write about my mother. I want to talk about my daughter. She and I had…