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I want to show my open-mindedness. I want to understand those who are deeply, passionately committed to the current president. And so (with ...

dark sign, dark thoughts on 21st 

The very first offices of The New Republic were housed in buildings on the far west side of 21st street. Virginia Woolf once wrote for the ...

Polishness A friend just told me that she’d met a Polish couple in my neighborhood. Polish? Here? Yes, yes, she said – she spent time wi...

22nd: in search of color: grey, brown, and bleak... though wait, isn't there an aqua paperclip hovering in the background? 

There is a mist this morning that makes the outdoors look like a muted painting. Were I an artist, I could do a lot with the colors and tone...

the fire-escape balcony of a hopeful soul 

freshly cut this morning, from the back yard 

As I mentioned in a previous post, last week in a fit of despair and irrational decision-making, I signed on to extended cable. Since I p...

[Q: GWB, a steward? Yes!] However President Bush may choose to characterize himself (and there have been very interesting such characteri...

Seward, sitting at the junction of the avenues at 23rd, thinking, perhaps, which way do I go now? 

the intersection of the avenues at 23rd: you head to the Left or to the Right 

It’s still very dark outside. On the twenty-third sunrise, we’ll wake up to an election morning. Do they have twenty-three day forecasts? T...

In years back, I used to get the Wisconsin State Journal delivered to my house. Why? Well, when you are an integral part of a community – st...

[Or: what did Kerry forget?] Thanks to my student, who understands the importance of my Polishness. He e-mailed me the link to the websit...

24th: which way now? note they both point to the left