Category Archives: Friends

School Daze Plus

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Russ Wollman

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 | 2 Comments

This morning, a house guest

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Russ Wollman

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 | Leave a comment

At the writer’s group, and where a search for a Thermos bottle took me on Saturday.

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Russ Wollman

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 | 5 Comments

Discovering love in the big city, or “What’s Cooking?”

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Russ Wollman

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 | 2 Comments

Tonight, a simple supper, then a walk.

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Russ Wollman

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 | 1 Comment

I am a godless drifter sailing on the winds of a desperate sea.

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Russ Wollman

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 | 9 Comments

It’s a New Day in the New York

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Russ Wollman

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 | 6 Comments

Listen Up

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Russ Wollman

Talking with friends over supper, one of us suddenly embarked on the topic of relationships—specifically male/female bonds.

Posted in Friends, Humor, Love, Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, blood, bravery, confidence, desperation, feminine magic, friendship, frustration, growth, humor, independence, knowledge, life, love, Men, relationships, romance, the heart, the mind | 2 Comments

In the morning’s fresh darkness

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Russ Wollman

In the morning’s fresh darkness Thoughts of you crept in.

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Round and Round and Round We Go!

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Russ Wollman

Those of you who are following this space know that something’s up, something even higher than the Empire State Building, which I did not visit during my two-month tour of the B-g A—e.

Posted in Architecture, City Center, Friends, Humor, Iowa, Love, Manhattan, New York, Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, blonde, bravery, cars, cats, desperation, feminine magic, friendship, frustration, girl, growth, humor, independence, knowledge, love, mortality, New York, Raleigh, relationships, romance, the heart, transportation, young | Leave a comment