Farewell! 17 Dec 2009 | 08:07 am

I have had such a good time maintaining this blog over the past (almost) two years. But I find myself flagging, less because I have nothing to say than that I've found new ways to say it. In many case...

Deck the Streets 13 Dec 2009 | 08:07 am

Poem Interlude 3 Dec 2009 | 02:45 pm

Crown Heights The bells were made of November or it might have been the other way around. Perhaps both were merely points on a spectrum of yellow, as the tree on your street, which, more than anythin...

Notes on December 3 Dec 2009 | 02:45 pm

It's unseasonably warm outside (perhaps the most dispiriting weather of all), but I'm listening to Christmas carols (from the time before "Greensleeves" was "What Child is This?"), and I just was outs...

Under the BQE: Literally 10 Nov 2009 | 02:31 pm

Poem Interlude 7 Nov 2009 | 03:37 pm

There Is No Mountain Heading toward the mountain: watch for deer watch for falling rocks watch for school buses watch for oversized loads watch for chain-up areas watch for hydroplaning watch for his...

Being a Leaf for a Halloween Marathon?* 3 Nov 2009 | 04:15 pm

*I did not run the marathon, but I did run by the marathon...and was inspired. I also was not a leaf, but I was a multitude of leaves, as in autumn, and I cavorted with a weight lifter and a recycled ...

Under the BQE: Literally 19 Oct 2009 | 06:34 am

Poem Interlude (Draft) 16 Oct 2009 | 03:22 pm

On Growing Up “Balloon lands but boy is not found inside.” The New York Times, 10/15/09 Boy lands but balloon is not found out for its role in the adventure. Nor does anyone ask what it saw. Or what...

Skills! Share Them! 9 Oct 2009 | 06:09 am

The first Brooklyn Skillshare will be held this Saturday, October 10th, at the Gowanus Studio Space (119 8th Street, Brooklyn btw 2nd & 3rd Avenues) from 10 a.m. to – 6 p.m. (with free breakfast and l...