So, back to the water lily, what a beauty she was. It was a very hot day with a heavy sun beating down on us. We were on a tour in Vietnam and the guide had tromped us through quite…
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A Day of Challenges
This is a photo of a pistachio nut with salt. A picture of a very close up of a nut. Close up it is hard to tell what anything is and that’s where I am today. I’m looking at everything…
Coming Back
Here is an update on the Yankee Stadium. There is still quite a ways to go with the construction, but it’s moving along. Steve and I take the #4 train to the site, we get off the train and walk…
TROUBLE IN THE NIGHT
I live in typical post WWI building in the Bronx and one night a couple years ago we had a near major catastrophe. Just as our favorite Wednesday evening TV program ended the lights flashed off and on several times…
Making a Soccer Ball
Two years ago and my first Christmas as a grandmother I decided to make a small soccer ball for Devon, my nearly 3-month-old grandson. The ball looked simple enough to copy — alternating black and white hexagons sewn together as…
Yankee Stadium
Yesterday we took the 4 Train to check out Yankee Stadium. It probably will not be completed for another year or maybe two, but they’re working on it. We didn’t get there until late in the afternoon and the sun…
Gypsies in Old Town Square
OLD TOWN SQUARE Sitting in Old Town Square will always remain one of the highlights of my trip to Prague. My husband and I would sit on a park bench under the shade of trees, or in one of the…
Preface for BLACK UMBRELLA “A Novel In Revision”
(I read this at a Sisters In Crime gathering a couple weeks ago.) A jagged shadow sliced across a vacant brownstone where Andre crouched under the stairway. There had been a steady drizzle since midnight. The streets were slick and…
Jury Duty Yesterday and Today
Today and yesterday I had Jury duty. Oyeee, what a time that was. I got called in on one case but was dismissed and the rest of the time I sat in the jury waiting room listening for my name…
I Got Fish On My Mind
The top picture is of a pond filled with Koi in a beautiful park and meditation garden in Japan. The fish were friendly and obviously used to human. They followed us as we walked along the edge of the pond.…