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: street scene
TREASURES IN THE TRASH MUSEUM
You could say that Nelson Molina’s destiny is in trash. I mean that in a good way because if it weren’t for Mr. Molina there would be no ‘Treasures in the Trash Museum’. Let me back up and explain. The…
ASIAN FOOD VENDOR
Sompong Seetha scattered a shovelful of hot coals atop the lid of a giant cooking pot to steam the rice. It was 5: A.M. Sompong a food vendor and the proprietor of a food stall in Bangkok had been up…
BASEBALL AND SUSHI
I invite you to read my latest article appearing in KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE. Here is the link: Baseball And Sushi
AMSTERDAM
A LONG STROLL THROUGH THE STREETS OF AMSTERDAM, ENDING THE DAY WITH A COOL CUP OF ICE CREAM BY MARGARET MENDEL This would be our last day in Amsterdam before we head off on an trip along the Baltic Sea.…
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…
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…
ONE PILLAR PAGODA
THIS BLOG POST APPEARED IN MARCH 2016. HOWEVER SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG WITH THIS WEBSITE, IT CRASHED AND THREE OR FOUR POSTS WERE DELETED. I’M REPOSTING THIS ONE AGAIN. THE OTHERS THAT WERE DELETED WILL SOON ALSO BE REPOSTED. BY…
THE WHITEHORSE TAVERN AND A CLASSIC DIVE BAR IN NYC
By Margaret Mendel Just for the fun of it, a friend, Susan, and I decided to head over to the Whitehorse Tavern to see if we could pick up on the haunted vibes that were supposed to be hanging around…