Seemingly no sooner than the kids arrived, they’ve gone. So it’s back to reading, computing, aimless wandering …
Month: November 2019
The Day After
Nik left for Seattle yesterday, Ivi goes today. On the way to the airport we stop for a walk through Pioneer Park and the aviary.
Thanksgiving
Downtown Today
The flute-playing biker makes his daily appearance and takes his customary spot at First & Main:
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Eight]
Ivi Arrives!
The next afternoon after Nik’s arrival …
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Seven]
Trick Mirror
Turns out that Nik had to take a later departing flight from Seattle, so he picked up a book at an airport bookstore to help him get through a few hours. He just happened to get Jia Tolentino’s “Trick Mirror”, after browsing the store’s staff picks. And it just happens that Tolentino is a New Yorker staff writer I happen to follow; I was going to try to get a Kindle version as soon as it became available. So, Nik finished it off, and I will start reading it as soon as I complete my current reading assignment, the nearly-1000-page “These Truths: A History of the United States.”
Nik Arrives!
Arriving from Seattle in the darkness and rain …
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Six]
rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Six: Charlie In The Hall
rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Six
Fall on Maple Street …