Neighbors

This morning we stopped in front of the United Order of Mechanics, it was a building that used to be the Lincoln Club, a Republican institution from back when Republicans were Republicans. A man in a minivan with open windows said, “Hey, are you looking at our building?” I was on this walking tour with […]

The Library

The ceiling of the Library of Congress is embossed with aluminum. Aluminum, the tour guide tells us, was a precious metal. Once. On the top there is a torch. Torches are prominently featured. As are: Minerva, owls, and women showing or unshowing one or both of their breasts, it varies a great deal. Minerva has […]

Heavy

When the 3 train is not running, the 4 train goes on the 3 train track, and stops at the 3 train stops. You might think it was the 3 train, but there is that number 4 and it is in a green circle instead of a red one. It is a 4 train […]

Good

What I moved to Brooklyn was: three of my paintings, my great-grandmother’s dresser, three busts (Schumann, Chopin, Shakespeare), my yellow foo dogs (look it up), and the lamp I bought the day that Grandma died in an effort to make myself feel better, the lamp which I immediately broke on the threshold of my apartment […]