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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Cocoons of Love

On Tuesday I randomly found myself at the Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery in Ridgewood. I know little about this cemetery but had a few minutes to check it out and, with gadget-web-phone in hand I learned that Joseph B. Bloomingdale was here, he whose Bloomingdale Department Store still bears his name. Jacob Javits is also [...]

Silent Memories

It is quiet in here. I listen to myself think, and sometimes I do not like what I hear. But it is quiet enough that I can, at least, hear. The room is quiet, yes. There is no music, no noise but the sound of a truck idling outside — a car horn bleats and [...]

Wake Up!

I hate being predictable, but as Mother’s Day approached this month my dreams flooded with images of my mother. In one dream I stood in the kitchen and heard someone opening the front door of this apartment. I asked myself “Who has a key to this place besides me? Who is allowed in?” Through that [...]

A Found Picture

A bag filled with over a thousand pictures, found on a sidewalk near my apartment, has produced little of interest. The boredom is furious. One glimmer of interest to me, however, is that the bag and all the pictures inside seemed to have belonged to someone who lived here in New York and travelled to [...]