claudia's surf city

I'm not sure you can see this unless you have Facebook, but I find it hilarious.

 Maybe because I'm leaving and it's spring, my apartment looks extra good to me. I am sure yu are wondering how my bitter melon pl...

In the wake of 9/11, Donna got us an intro to Oxygen media. It was a rough time for me. I was 50 years old. I...

 As many of you know, when nice weather comes to New York, I make a pilgrimage to Brooklyn. And I have to blog about it because otherwise ...

 It's been about thirty years since Hannah and I went to Alabama one spring break in search of a new truck. (We found one, but this wa...

I have been remiss and not posted much this week. I have a lot to report, but won't get to it today. This entry is just to say that I h...

A OK. Adam back in the day when drinking was still exciting. Word. Adam has undergone surgery, had a baseball-size tumor removed from h...

I. Can't. Even.

This is what is coming up in the window pot. (Not the ferns—they are unkillable.)  I did not plant anything this year, so it is either lef...

 Check out that garden! A friend sent me this pic recently. This was back in Athens, Il., @1976. Victory garden! Organic! I was so into it...

 Refinished kitchen floor. Well, not really. A little sanding and two coats of urethane. But hopefully no more splinters. And collected mo...

 It is spring cleaning time, when I pick up a lot of good stuff.  I scored this buddha. (Interesting that spellcheck doesn't know how ...

 Before I left Providence on Monday, I had breakfast with Douglas at Louie's (or Louis—the awning says one thing and the website an...

Isaac's side Isaac and Camilla wanted to share a room when they moved into a new, bigger house last year. They still like sharing, s...

The kidz had their last play session in the truck before I brought it back to NYC, where I just found a parking place. Mind you, I had two...

Breakfast with the champions.

Howard Cohn, New York City, 2019 Some of you will recognize the Vassar English prof I have been friends with for a half century. I ra...

People from other places think we cityfolk live confined lives. It is true that our living quarters are comparatively cramped (and that so...

The serenity of the sunset belies my reality of the last few days: The computer nightmare.    The sound  quit on my computer. That did...

The Goose in Winter (photo by Dianne) The poor Goose. Its winter aspect is looking pretty sad. However, for all those who have asked,...