Wise Madness
The Mets were losing 7-1 so I turned it off and switched to the Democratic Convention. A few minutes there reminded me of what I always knew, political conventions are just high school pep rally with better guests. The silver lining to this cloud is that I now I have an opportunity and motive to […]
Yesterday I took a trip to Ithilien, the Garden of Gondor, where Frodo and Sam ate herbs and stewed rabbit and met Faramir. That’s how I always think of the New York Botanical Garden; when I walk through the gate I become a hobbit. The NYBG is just a short walk from my house but […]
I have big news but still had trouble finding the wherewithal to write. After vegetating most of the day I made a concerted effort at self-care and now I can write. Let’s start with the big news. My writing funk started when my school told me to not expect to be rehired for the fall […]
It’s taken me a long time but at least I’m writing today. I’ve been in a weird social space. Since I got together with so many friends on Wednesday I have not spoken to a soul since until today and that was talking to strangers. I have not left the house much either except to […]
Where did the day go? Part of it went into laundry. The thing is I have to go out soon and I didn’t write yesterday and I had a busy day on Tuesday. I just discovered that the New York Botanical Garden is free for Bronx residents. I’m a Bronx resident that loves nature and […]
Yesterday took place primarily inside my head, perhaps every day takes place primarily in my head, perhaps everybody’s day takes place primarily in their heads. I still have not decided where this entry is going but those thoughts are what yesterday was about; at least until the Met game started. I have my priorities. It […]
I’m doing something foolish. I’m writing this while watching NASA TV; the Perseverance rover is landing on Mars. There’s nothing to see but simulations but I’m still enthralled. Sputnik was launched two and a half months after I was born. I’m the same age as the Space Age. Spaceflight is in my cohort. The parachute […]
Yesterday was a fun day, I went to the Bronx Zoo with Gen. It was a busman’s holiday for her as she has worked much of her life in wildlife conservation and seen most of what we saw in the wild. Of course, out on the veldt she didn’t have my scintillating conversation. I’m trying […]
Time to start the annals of Falcon Ridge 19, the chronological account. It starts on Wednesday morning when Fred picked me up. I’m not going to give a tale of our trip as it was for the most part uneventful. The only pressing question on our minds was rain. Would we be able to make […]
I’m back from Falcon Ridge. I got back eight hours ago and had ambitions to do things today including writing this hours ago. It’s hard to do that when you fall asleep sitting in your chair. I still have things to do but I won’t make My Gentle Readers wait another second. Jake J asked […]
Wise Madness 