Leaving town used to be easy, if I remember right. Pack a bag, get in a car, hop on bus, and leave. “I’ll be there in a few days.” Same story going out to Brooklyn as leaving:
HOW OLD IS ‘OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER?’
December 23, 2023 by
How old were you when you first heard it? My memory says I was a seven year old who couldn’t field a grounder after my last ‘bad hop’ bounced off my face. I wasn’t technically afraid of the ball, except I was afraid of what the ball might do. When one of the baseball fields […]
CHRISTMAS RULES FOR EACH OTHER
December 25, 2022 by
Christmas rules, even when it crowds my December birthday. I could complain, but it would be a stretch. This year I shared Christmas, and my birthday, with my dog’s first birthday. And others. It was a good kind of crowd.
HOW TO BE A SELF-GATEKEEPER
December 18, 2022 by
A self-gatekeeper is the same as a regular gatekeeper. They restrict who can and who can’t pass through a gate. Except as your own gatekeeper, the gate is you. Who gets to experience the joy of you, and who doesn’t? Start with joy. Why joy? Even if you’re not a joy boy, or girl, figure […]
NYC SUBWAY CHRISTMAS FAIL
December 23, 2015 by
Overheard in the mall. “One Christmas fail made me frightened to ride the subway.” I borrowed a suit from a friend, sky blue, for the office Christmas party that turned into the biggest Christmas fail. The only reason it doesn’t count is I wasn’t married or had kids or lived at home. It was me […]
Singing Through The Christmas Noise
December 24, 2013 by
Once the commercial side dies down, you still have to get home. Did you have a party? We organized singing. It lasted one Christmas carol. Someone misunderstood the rules of Karaoke. You need music with scrolling words, not scrolling words with guitar chords and no guitar. I don’t remember the song, but one Christmas spirited young […]
