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Photo of the Day: Atlantis
Across the street from the movie theatre off Union Square, there’s a building. If you come out of a movie at, say, 4 or 5, when the light is low and intense … the building across the way reflects the … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: The day the music died
It was a sad sad day when Colony Music closed. A staple in New York. An essential place. Actors, musicians, singers … it was as regular a pit-stop as the Drama Bookshop. You could get literally every piece of sheet … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Happened to exit the train at just the right moment
The striking statue in tribute to the Polish officers killed in Katyn Forest is always a sight, and looks different depending on your angle, the time of day, etc. Here, I just happened to get off the train right as … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: “There, John Bull can read my name without spectacles, he may double his reward, and I put his at defiance.”
I think that’ll be sufficient, John. Your signature can be seen from space.
Photo of the Day: The unobtrusive Cathedral of Zagreb
At the end of our trip in Croatia, we headed inland from the coast to Zagreb, where we were going to be flying out from. We had less than a day in Zagreb, and I loved it so much I … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Frozen sunset
This is a glamorous sunset over Sachem Pond, out on Block Island. It was January and the pond was frozen solid, an expanse of white. The weather out there is crazy vivid. In your face.
Photo of the Day: Eggs
Easter eggs colored at a family Easter celebration years ago. It feels like lifetimes ago. At the time, Cashel was the only grandchild, so we were doing this with him, me, my sisters, my mother. We were in the kitchen … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Frozen lake
Wandering down to check out Lake Michigan on a freezing cold day. You didn’t want to brave the cold that often, and honestly, when everything froze over, the shore felt dangerous, like one false step, and you’d slip on the … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Beach Sunrise
My friend Liz and I decided to go away for a “writer’s weekend.” Find some cozy B&B or something down on the Jersey shore, enjoy the scenery, unplug, and write. So that’s what we did. It was Halloween night when … Continue reading
Photo of the Day: Winter sunrise
I lived in this one-room place for 6 years – 6 very bad years, so bad I don’t remember much of it – except for the VIEW. I stepped outside my building, glanced left, and saw the Empire State Building, … Continue reading