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School Daze Plus
On a certain episode of the classic TV sitcom Dinosaurs, Earl Sinclair admonished his rebellious teenage son Robbie that “School is a place you go to be out of this house.”
Posted in Automobilia, City Center, Friends, Humor, Manhattan, Raleigh, School Days
Tagged cars, childhood, growth, humanity, humor, life, Manhattan, New York, School, young
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This morning, a house guest
A friend in Fairfield, Iowa, where I’ve lived several times, put me in touch with a young guy who needed a place to crash during some film work he had here in New York. I was happy to have the … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Loneliness, Love, Manhattan, New York, Raleigh
Tagged attraction, bisexuality, friendship, homosexuality, humanity, intimacy, life, loneliness, love, Men, relationships
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At the writer’s group, and where a search for a Thermos bottle took me on Saturday.
At the writers’ group. I thought I’d have to struggle for ideas. Not so. It’s relaxing to be among some people tonight. I feel little need to get to know many of them, and my first attempt fell flat.
Posted in City Center, Friends, Italy, Loneliness, Love, Manhattan, New York, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, challenges, children, faith, food, humanity, Italy, life, Manhattan, NY Subway, relationships, spirituality, urban emergencies
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Discovering love in the big city, or “What’s Cooking?”
I moved to New York to find love. There are 11 million people here. The odds must be terrific. They have to be terrific, right? Thus far, I…have seen a lot of cute dogs out for their walk.
Posted in Family, Friends, Humor, Love, Manhattan, New York, Uncategorized
Tagged chocolate, cooking, eating, Family, fast food, FDA, food, governments, grandparents, habits, hamburgers, health, home cooking, kitchen, life, lunch, matzo, McDonalds, Monsanto, parents, pesticides, USDA, veggies, Work
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Tonight, a simple supper, then a walk.
For someone who has waited all his life for steady companionship, the city—despite its millions who seemingly cannot make eye contact with a stranger—provides an astonishing comfort.
Posted in Architecture, Friends, Humor, Loneliness, Love, Manhattan, New York
Tagged Architecture, beauty, Central Park, city lights, dogs, faith, friendship, homelessness, humanity, isolation, life, love, Manhattan, Men, New York, night, relationships, rest, sleep, spirituality, strangers, subway, transportation, uncertainty
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I am a godless drifter sailing on the winds of a desperate sea.
This morning brought me memories of my first car, a 1973 Fiat 124 Sport Spider. I had to start writing immediately, because that car…well, I’ll simply say that without that car, I’d have been utterly miserable.
Posted in Automobilia, City Center, Friends, Humor, Italy, Loneliness, Love, NC, Raleigh, Uncategorized
Tagged Aurelio Lampredi, beauty, Bicycles, cameras, cars, children, Colosseum, Depression, Despair, dreams, faith, Ferrari, Fiat Spider, Forum Romanum, Happiness, humanity, Italian cars, Italy, knowledge, life, love, Memories, Miami Beach, Nikon, photography, relationships, Rome, Schwinn, sexuality, spirituality, Transcendental Meditation, transportation, UNC, uncertainty, worry
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It’s a New Day in the New York
The coolest plus of really good sleep is that, when you’re awake again, life feels so fresh and new that you might not remember something significant, something like “I live in New York now.”
Posted in City Center, Friends, Love, Manhattan, New York
Tagged ancient knowledge, faith, knowledge, life, Men, Mother Nature, nature, New York, politics, relationships, science, subway, television, the heart, transportation, uncertainty, women
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