Today J.Q. Rose is once again featuring my article ‘Photography As A Hobby’ on her website ‘Focus On Story’. As many of you know I am an avid photographer. Though writing is important to me, taking photographs comes in at…
Category: a walk in the park
BASEBALL AND SUSHI
I invite you to read my latest article appearing in KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE. Here is the link: Baseball And Sushi
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
A friend and I took an hour and a half road trip into central New Jersey the other day to visit Grounds For Sculpture, a 42 acre sculpture garden located on what used to be the New Jersey Fair Grounds.…
A FERRY RIDE HOME
We spent a wonderful weekend on the Rockaway Peninsula a couple weeks ago. We dined, played, rested and visited with a dear old friend. But when Sunday afternoon rolled around, it was time to head back home, to Manhattan. Instead…
A WEEKEND IN ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK
The Atlantic Ocean is only an hour and a half subway ride from where I live. The weather during the last couple of weeks in NYC had been miserably hot and humid. A friend invited my husband and I out…
AT LAST, SPRING IN NYC
How do I know it’s spring in NYC? Well, the pollen, the tulips and the leafing trees are a dead giveaway, but mostly I know it’s spring because the fruit vendor across the street is back again. This fruit vendor…
LOVELY SPRING DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY
It was a lovely spring day in New York City. The sky was divided equally with a deep blue on the western horizon, while mounds of fluffy white clouds lazed about in the heavens on the eastern vista. It was…
TODAY I BLOG ABOUT ORCHIDS
TODAY I AM A GUEST BLOGGER AT MARILYN’S MUSINGS. THIS GUEST BLOG POST IS ABOUT ORCHIDS. CLICK HERE TO READ THE BLOG POST.
NEW YORK CITY HALLOWEEN PARADE
It was a gloriously warm and bright autumn Halloween day. It was shirtsleeve weather. I busied myself with knocking things off my todo list. By late afternoon I’d finished a bit of writing, washed the breakfast dishes in the sink…
THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
By MARGARET MENDEL Cemeteries are filled with history. I did not go to The Green-Wood Cemetery for a history lesson. I went to see the monk parakeets that have been nesting in the spires of the cemetery’s gatehouse since the…