51. There It Is.

Anecdote: Today I appreciated my galoshes very much. With double long underwear and double hats, double scarves, I was not cold today. The sun shone on the Avenues, and I had time to walk in the sun. I had a hard time taking my boots off when I got home. Seriously, I thought they were going […]

52 Day Pickup

Anecdote; Yesterday I went to get some people some coffee and someone said I was “doing the Lord’s work.” Also I got to recite to myself all the poetry I had to memorize while one kid was taking his Algebra Regents exam. It didn’t snow “enough,” I didn’t honestly need today off, but I’m not […]

53 Is All There Is

Dispatch from New York City, where the World Was Supposed To Be Buried In Suffocating and Dangerous Amounts of Snow: There was supposed to be a blizzard. It snowed. Some. I wore boots. I had dinner. Macaroni. I walked home. I wish there were more. To report. Humor: Today I lost a bet. Otters do […]

54, Hardly Anything, A Trifle.

Anecdote: While waiting for my bagel, I saw across the street the awning said, “CROWN HIGHTS BEAUTY SUPPLY.” So much is so homemade here, so shabby, it’s lovely. Humor: (from an email someone sent me in 2007, that classic year for snowman jokes) What did one snowman say to another? Do you smell carrots? Something […]