Yesterday was a cool and cloudy day--perfect for a long, morning walk. And we met several people and sniffed a few new hinies. A woman from the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas kept us talking for a while about their terrier who hates storms and hides in her closet, her coaching a Special Olympics soccer... Continue Reading →
“They shouldn’t be allowed in the city.”
During the week, Kenobi and I walk early every morning and every evening when I get home from work. We come into contact with friendly people walking dogs in the a.m., and seem to be confronted with less-than-firendly people in the afternoon. Not all of the people, you understand, but there do seem to be... Continue Reading →
Complications
Examining the maps, deciding how far to go each day, what to see and do, where to sleep, food . . . When will I do laundry? How much clothing to pack, locations of laundries, the price (coin vs. card), only the necessities, please. I like to travel light. But that's not complicated, really. No... Continue Reading →
What does my graduate degree have to do with it?
On our evening walk to the park, we passed a man who asked me if I was going to Columbia University. (I was wearing my Columbia sweatshirt.) I told him that I did. He sort-of hummed and hawed something about how that had to do with living NYC, and how odd it was that someone... Continue Reading →
