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Who knew? Mosquitos are such a thing here. City mosquitos? Outdoor bars have mosquito repellant available. I find myself not spending as much time on the stoop in the early evening because they love me. But I will win. No little bzzzz is going to keep me from doing what I love.

I’m learning to see life in a much less binary way. Much less beginnings and endings. Much more “In The Middle.” Yes, life has many starts and stops. And we spend most of our lives in the middle. Wednesday will be our middlest point. I intend to celebrate it in the middle of the intersectionContinue reading “In The Middle”

So without actually counting, I think that we are about half way through our adventure. People have asked…Too long? Too short? (I wrote an earlier post about the “Goldilocks” syndrome.) And for now…I’ll have to say that I won’t know till it’s over because so far so good! I have a google doc that IContinue reading “Half Empty? Half Full?”

We had friends from Texas here for a few days. What a blast. Watch for a post about our adventures soon… I want to take a moment to pay my respects. Yes, it’s all over the news…20 years ago tomorrow our world changed. Glen and I woke up today and decided to make a tripContinue reading “Respects”

Sometimes, my apparent penchant for repetitive mistakes confounds me. I’ve developed certain strategies in my 39 years in the workforce. One that almost always works is a fundamental belief that I am never the smartest person in a meeting. First, it is almost always true. AND it allows, no even forces me, to bring thoseContinue reading “Fascinating”

What a beautiful Sunday morning in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn! So many different thin gs come into my head to blog about. And still. JDT blogged about our visit to Queens and the Billie Jean King US Tennis Center. From prior experience we knew there was a real likelihood that this could be a late night. ANDContinue reading “And they say baseball games are too long . . .”

I don’t really like the term…and yet…here we are living one of my dreams!

Yesterday was a glorious Fall-ish day. Have I mentioned that I am truly grateful for this opportunity to explore New York City and all of its boroughs at such a relaxed pace? We got a later than usual start to our day so ended up on the free Staten Island ferry around 2:00. We hadContinue reading “Free to Explore”

Yes. We survived the remnants of Ida. Rain came in buckets starting in the late afternoon. There was a bit of lightening and thunder, but mostly just buckets and buckets of rain.You’ve probably seen photos of flooded streets and stadiums. We went to bed late (watching the US Open) and all seemed fine in ourContinue reading “Ida Makes More than a Splash”

In California, it’s pretty simple, we have these three large, color-coded trash cans – blue for recycling, green for composting, and black for landfill. Our trash is picked up once a week. Easy and peasy – to quote one of my first grade English Learners. In New York, there are no (or few) cans. YouContinue reading “New York – A Trashy Topic”