Super-cat

My cat is amazing. First of all he’s 14 and a half–only half a year away from being the final age on the age chart in the vets office (it compares human and cat years). I took him on a cross-country journey that required a half an hour trip to the airport, one four hour [...]

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An Impossible Task? Unique Lovely functional messenger bag

I spent all week in New York with my eye out for a new laptop bag. I saw a bazillion handbags, but none seemed to be quite right for a laptop, a book, and the crap of life. The last day I was there, I found this bag at Flight 001 on Greenwich Ave and [...]

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more minutes

Rather behind with my travel updates because I’ve been living rather than writing. Isn’t that the dichotomy? I see why so many writers draw inspiration from New York City. Everyday you encounter people with stories that you can imagine for them or have adventures yourself. One of the first days I watched subway construction workers [...]

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New York Minutes

Sitting in the NYPL waiting for a box of letters and should be working, but feeling anxious so here I am. I thought my advisor’s suggestions would make sense when I went back to Chapter 1 and read it over. But it is not so bad as I thought or he made it seem. It [...]

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urban aesthetics

I love wandering around New York City and looking, peering, studying. I went into Brooklyn for pretty much the first time today, visiting Brooklyn College for a conference honoring John Hope Franklin and a quick stop in their archives. The campus itself is beautiful. I loved the students–perhaps more diverse than any campus I’ve ever [...]

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more observations

I’ve noted something interesting most days, but haven’t recorded them all. Need to work on being more like David Sedaris and write it all down immediately. Some things I remember: Coming out of the Times Square subway station and hearing a lovely voice warming up. I look for it, and it is a bright shiny [...]

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Diss Update

Today was the first day of 10 in New York City. It feels so good to be here. I know my way around the city now and feel very comfortable in the hostel after several stays. I also love the international flavor of this city, let alone the hostel. A couple of things I remember– [...]

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refreshed

One of the few things getting me through last weekend was thinking about all the things I would do when I turned in the draft. Tuesday I wandered around showing off the print out (got yelled at by the secretary for printing off so much paper. She confiscated my diss and wouldn’t hand it over [...]

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trip plans

I asked you awhile ago whether I should go on a crazy trip to Europe or not…and most of you remained silent, though one kind soul told me to go, go, go! Well, a new hiccup has arisen. I thought E had gotten a sense for the craziness of the plan (that was a large [...]

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Your opinion?

I always want to be a care-free soul, but I seemed to get trapped my deep and abiding sense of responsibility and guilt and fear of doing “the wrong thing.” So here’s my question: My new favorite actor is appearing in a London West End Show Sept-Nov. A friend is staying in Germany. I got [...]

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