Months ago, I queried “What would be your personal rating system for a ‘good day’?” One of my friends immediately admonished me. “How can you have a bad day?” he challenged me. “You’re a well-educated, well-employed, healthy white middle class woman. You don’t have bad days.” I certainly have days [...]
Archive for April, 2007
enduring happiness
Posted in journal on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
patience lessons
Posted in journal on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Though I don’t have an official statistic, I would guess that half of the volunteers for New York Road Runners races in Central park have one job: to keep runners in the recreation lanes on the left side of the road. A few of them get into it and cheer runners along or figure [...]
a four apartment two borough day
Posted in NYC, journal on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I travelled by train and rollerblades. I spent time in silence and time on the phone. I left me mostly clean two bedroom to visit a three bedroom with a loft and little ‘hobbit holes’, three bedroom set up like a house, and a studio set up for a dinner party. Each lovely [...]
rainy day at to zoo
Posted in journal on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I donned a long sleeved thermal shirt, my dark green seal T, a pair jeans, wool socks, army green galoshes, a gray cardigan, and a lime green raincoat. I couldn’t keep the accent up all day, but I became an educational character named “Safari” who could trek through any weather spreading animal knowledge to [...]
letters from kidville
Posted in journal on April 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Most teachers probably drive to work, but I enjoy the benefits of being a public school teacher who uses public transportation. The greatest advantage is running into my former students. Typically they are a little awkward, and depending on the kids, I get a hug and a big smile. This is usually [...]
undefinable, indescribable
Posted in retrospective on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer, I rode the subway with my brother, the artist. He was carrying my messenger bag full of his art works, both originals and copies. A stop before he was to get off, he took out a copy, and I asked him what he was doing. “There isn’t a word for [...]
… keep fallin’ on my head
Posted in journal, snapshot on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This was the spring rain of a fairy tale, of a happily ever after, of the first kiss of a romantic movie. Each misting rain drop released the smell of earth and nature’s cleansing dew until the ground was consistently a hue darker than before. Then each subsequent drop relased a bud which [...]
a late interview
Posted in journal on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When most people here about the organization that got me into teaching, they think that’s it’s a group of volunteers out to save the public schools. My job is a job. I am paid by the Department of Education what any other teacher with my experience and education would make based on the [...]
don’t read it aloud above a whisper
Posted in journal on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I emerge from the subway at 77th Street, I’m surprised by the lingering warmth. Friday’s glaring sun was replaced by a chill at dusk, but tonight the high of 83 didn’t arrive until 5 and it’s still pleasant. The street vendors linger, hesitant to pack their wares in the balmy air. [...]
laundry
Posted in journal on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished putting away the clean clothes that I washed on Thursday. I can go two to three weeks, or a little more, without doing laundry. Even though it means taking a heavy load to the laundromat, I like getting it all done at once and taking the two hours to read [...]
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