Tag Archives: nyc
The Alphabet in Words and Visuals: G
Learning From Crisis
As you now know, Saturday was the culmination of a hard week. A strange week. A worrisome and sad week. It taught me a lot: đź“ŚThat there are EMS workers out there who are dispatched and come to your door as soon as they can to assess and help. The ones I met were immigrants or the children of immigrants and if I could I would adopt them; I was so grateful. Others work the night shift and move you from one hospital to another in the dead of the night. They may not be immigrants but … Continue reading →
How to Deal With Anxiety
Be creative. This is a compilation of photographs taken with the iPhone XSmax, edited on iPhone, many with the slow shutter app. I take most of my city photos from a car, passenger side. My photography group workshop this month was BLUR. The above photo originally looked like this: Click box icon in video to see full screen. The slideshow was created via Keynote on the Mac.
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: The New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, NY: Orchid Show
THE ORCHID SHOW: SINGAPORE I visit the orchid show annually, each year the theme varies; this year was “Singapore.” It was a cool, wet day, probably a good day for a visit, mitigating the crowds. I felt that in the past the exhibits were more abundant, somehow fuller, not that this one wasn’t filled with beautiful orchids, but it was somehow different even though the set up was the same. At any rate, there was a lot to enjoy. What I learned: some orchids have faces. Look for them. Here’s what mattered: not all orchids steal a show. Photography … Continue reading →
Steller Story Series: A Charmed Life: Book 6/New York, New York
I have been photographing—and re-photographing my collection and designs; so this is a multi-faceted project: one project, the collecting, then the designing, begat another; the photography and presentation. Here is a link to the on-line presentation on Steller. If you are so inclined, download the Steller app. It is lovely the way the pages “turn.” The view is especially impressive on a large screen, as on a tablet. Feel free to comment! Steller link: Book 6
Continue reading →Playing Catch-Up: Cats, Cold, Mothers, Makeup and Art
The last we spoke, it was a rocky start to The New Year, and Caramel was in a bad way. But she came home and began eating, purring and exploring; I am sure the relief of the draining of that huge cyst was enormous. It was likely pressing on her trachea and vocal cords. She looks so much better and at least we know now what the culprit might be in the future if this returns: if she is strong enough, they’ll likely remove her thyroid. You know you love kitties: here’s a slideshow of improvement. So, while the … Continue reading →
On David Bowie, Mercury in Retrograde, and Vertigo
OK, kids, life has been strangely quiet on the mother-front. I think this Mercury in Retrograde has had the opposite effect of the usual; it sometimes brings issues to a head and aids in their solving. SO FAR the only electronic issues I have had were: 1. missing a phone call—a spam call came through while the museum restaurant was calling to offer a table, causing me to miss the call from the restaurant, and 2. one of my Verizon Fi-Os set top boxes got stuck in a flashing light loop indicating it missed an update and tech support … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: Nor’easter Rain Storm 3/1/18
New York City has had four “Nor’easters. This was the first. Coming home after a concert at Carnegie Hall at about 10:30 pm. (iPhone8+)
Continue reading →131. Mother-Daughter Journey: What Do You Want For Your 100th Birthday?
My mother recently had her 100th birthday. What did she ask for? K N I S H E SÂ !! https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/what-is-a-knish Sometimes you just have to indulge in some gustatory nostalgia! A lesson about knishes. Nearly A Century Of Gabila's Knishes "My grandmother made knishes in her kitchen and my grandfather took them out and put them on a pushcart and sold them on the streets of Manhattan."From humble beginnings nearly a hundred years ago rose Gabila's Knishes — a true New York food icon. Posted by Verizon FiOS1 – Restaurant Hunter on Friday, March 16, 2018 … Continue reading →
Steller Story: NYC Photo Journal: On Healthcare
My latest Steller story has been posted. A commentary on healthcare. Click on the “book” below and turn the pages.
Continue reading →112: Mother-Daughter Journey: Diversion
What better thing to do on Christmas day? A blog, of course. A Merry Christmas to all! As I was drinking my coffee this morning I was thinking of writing about some of my diversions. You see, when one is under stress, one needs diversions. Those of us who are “creative” can escape for a while into our own heads while the world around us spins. I know the spin well: it leads to vertigo, anxiety, migraines. I am learning to hold in less, speak up more and live in the moment. Sometimes. One of my biggest fears is the … Continue reading →
Six Degrees of Separation?
Loss of a young New Yorker to terror. Click here to read about Nicholas. A former colleague-friend’s son went to school with him. So sorry his life was cut short. So sorry for his parents. Just so very sorry. No more words.
Continue reading →NYC Photo Journal: A Visit To My Alma Mater, CCNY, “The Poor Man’s Harvard”
 Looking across Convent Avenue towards Shepard Hall A visit during Open House New York (OHNY) (Alma Mater ) CCNY. Harlem, NYC https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/ https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/about/campusmap https://www.pointsmap.com/ccny/ I hadn’t been back since graduation in 1969. It is a very changed place. My observation: The North Campus has been gussied up and is shining. There was no Raymond the Pretzel Man. There is a fleet of vans poised to shuttle the masses from north to south: No running like a maniac for half a mile. The admin building is still standing. Remember how in the late ’60s we’d go in to pay the … Continue reading →
Nostalgia: On Baby Ducklings and Rye Bread
Near the corner of East 14th Street and Avenue B there was an entrance to a store that was recessed from the building line and had two pillars; the façade was covered in red and mirror mosaics, making the entrance a bit hidden from the rest of the store doorways, but it beckoned in its exoticism. When I pulled the door open I was hit by the odor of sugar and bread. Bakery products were made in the store, not in some central commissary; the smell was magic and this was my version of a Proustian madeleine, evoking my … Continue reading →
A Steller Story: New York City Rain
A Steller Story: Color and G L O W: On Tiffany Glass
A Steller Story: As Seen, As Felt
The module of study of my iPhone Photography course is “story telling.” Here’s the latest. As Seen, As Felt https://steller.co/s/6FPhkc7cMfd
Continue reading →On This 9/11 …
The new, beautiful NYC skyline renews hope, masks pain Since 9/11, September has never been an easy month. In fact, the reality of the events get harder to face each year. Something which never should have happened, did, and the world changed forever. Each year I post links to a series of blogs about the history of The World Trade Center to the present. We New Yorkers left to survive that day will never forget. đź“ŚYou can find the series here. [note: the photos posted are not mine] Astronaut Frank Culbertson recalls seeing the attacks from space. … Continue reading →
NYC Photo Journal: New York Stories: Seeing My City As A Traveler (travel module)
Seeing what is familiar with a foreign eye iPhone Photography Academy Travel Module All photos taken with iPhone 6s and edited on iPhone or iPad The Annual Strawberry Festival at the Zion Episcopal Church, Douglaston, NY 2. The Day of the Puerto Rico Day Parade 3. From the 14th Floor of The Hilton Garden Inn, Times Square, 8th Avenue 4. When store windows cross the line 5. Dodging construction, garbage and traffic 6. To the Javits Center, World Stamp Show 7. Theater District 8. Men and Women in Black 9. … Continue reading →