Category: life
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Daddy Issues are Overrated
When my dad hooked back up with the babysitter he’d originally cheated on mom with, my siblings and I didn’t hear from him for a month. I was eating at a Texas barbecue joint a block from Times Square when that carpenter and millwright finally returned all of my ignored calls. I paced in the…
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In Memoriam Zoe Kaplan, requiescat in pace
Zoe Kaplan, whom I interviewed here a few months back and who placed a story in Of Gods and Globes III, passed away the night of Wednesday, October 9th. She was just 28 years old, the age of my kid sister. She was Jewish — in the middle of #ReadsofAwe, worked at a Jewish boarding school…
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Gen Con 2024 Day 002
Day Two of Gen Con 2024 — Woke at 4:50 am again. Looks like this is a trend. Got a letter written to my son and bride again. Tried to creep in to fry some eggs and sausage but turns out my housemates are sleeping at that time of evening. Morning. Whatever they call it.…
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Gen Con 2024 Day 001
Just landed in Indy for Gen Con 2024 and can I say that Indianapolis’s airport always feels very Exit Through the Giftshop to me? I love having a post/pre security section to chill if there’s some wait time involved. But this time did remind me of the Banksy piece. And a slew of other things.…
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Weeping Angel statue at Greenwood Cemetery
I snagged this weeping angel while I was at Greenwood Cemetery. As you know, I spent a ton of time there writing The Greenwood Poet:
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Artifacts of 9 11 in churchyard
This is in a neighborhood cathedral’s courtyard — these artifacts of 9 11.
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How You Know We’re Old: VHS Tapes in an iPod doc box
I found these on my walk and it’s how you know we are old: VHS tapes getting pitched inside an iPod dock box. Eras criss cross and once breaking tech gets lumped in and junked with its predecessor.
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Brooklyn Clock Tower — 1 Hanson pl
What’s the name of the Brooklyn clock tower? It’s 1 Hanson pl. But my family votes we name it Big Art — art for Arthur as a companion to Big Ben, but also as a sign of Brooklyn’s influence on culture.
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Bushwick Savings Bank
Snagged a shot of the Bushwick Savings Bank when we were up there helping a friend move. It feels to me as if it could be from anywhere in the country, really.
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Foraged Cherries
I found a new tree for picking foraged cherries down the block. Here’s a wider pic of the tree and of the rose bush I found. Tasted tart and none of us died.
