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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

ANOTHER I Love New York Tourism Plug

It's amazing what you can buy on the streets of New York City. On one block near the office, I could buy a hat, new earrings and other accessories, veggies and fruit, and large (like 6 ft long) framed and matted photos for my oh-so spacious apartment, not to mention get coupons for body modification/hair removal/repair, political flyers, and be solicited to participate in surveys to help the environment. ONE BLOCK! I just want to go to the Post Office.

Here's proof, courtesy of my mad-genius guerrilla photography skills -- aka holding the digital camera up away from self and clicking as walking by and dodging people. I'm just glad it came out. Just imagine what a skilled photographer with equipment could do (ahem, J and Casey)!

Do you need a fedora or a Easter bonnet, a large brim or a small brim, a cloth hat or straw?

Personally, I like the chapeau with the fleur.