Sunām I was in New York City last weekend, and made two trips down to Wall Street to see what was going on. I arrived first on Saturday, and found Zuccotti Park jammed. People with signs with standing around everywhere, some signs indicating personal distress, others witty, others pithy. One sign featured a long quotation by […]
Category Archives: New York City
Down on Wall Street.
26-Oct-11Alexander McQueen and the Met.
13-Aug-11I had an interesting visit to the Met last Saturday. Hoping to take advantage of the 9 p.m. closing, I went with a friend around 8 – a bit late, admittedly, because we had lingered a bit on our way – only to find the line out the Great Hall and down almost all the […]
Our Lady of Loreto in Brooklyn.
13-Aug-11Having some friends in the Prospect Heights area of Brooklyn, I have driven Atlantic Avenue fairly often, the road which connects that part of Brooklyn with Richmond Hill in Queens. One day there was some work being done on the road, and I was detoured onto the streets of East New York, where I drove […]
The Story of Temple Drake.
31-Jul-11Since my return from West Virginia, where I enjoyed the comforts of modern life, the physical challenges of my cabin life I have felt more as a burden than a pleasure. Summer is no time for physical labor or being overly responsible. Just yesterday I brought in groceries – bread and milk and ice – […]
Spring.
14-Apr-11One of the essays I wrote for the Staten Island book not included in the printed edition. And appropriate for the month of April – when we have gorgeous days like today, it is enough for me. The edition of the Staten Island book is very nearly sold out. Now is the time to order […]
New York City.
21-Feb-11Forest Park, Queens. February 2011.
Caltha Palustris.
18-Feb-11The snow is clearing away quickly in the city with this blast of warm weather, disclosing the life already growing beneath. The most striking are the marsh marigolds, Caltha Palustris, which have already formed leaves despite having a good foot of snow on top of them just last week. The fact that nature keeps to […]
The Pronunciation of Newtown, Queens.
16-Feb-11Lord knows I should have made a stink about this before, but it’s been done: the people who run the subway have corrected their shameful mispronunciation of the neighborhood of Queens known as Newtown. They called it “Newton” (as in Sir Isaac). But even New Yorkers who have never been to the neighborhood have crossed […]
Interview with the University Bookman.
07-Feb-11I get interviewed by the University Bookman about the Staten Island book, Thoreau in the City, and the “go live where you are” principle.
Aristotle, Sullivan, Occupy Wall Street, and the Middle Class.
27-Oct-11buy modafinil from india online From Andrew Sullivan’s superb piece on Occupy Wall Street: There is simply a limit beyond which economic inequality threatens democratic life, when the majority suspect that a tiny minority has fixed the system beyond repair through the existing institutions, and when the powerful minority begins to think of its own interests as distinct from the […]