Three moments......

Sunday---got restless at South Fourth Street----football games boring, decided it was time to move, so another long walk down Bedford, part I, through the Jewish section, about ten blocks, all of a sudden see nothing but Hasidic faces; part II, the Bed-Stuy journey, from Myrtle to Fulton, about twelve blocks---mostly black, for all the gentrification of the area, seems mostly poor, a lot of churches and church goers, which is normal for a black area on a Sunday---strange kind of nightmare voyage on those streets---almost dark---walking south on Bedford, one could envision a more scary Bed-Stuy than one of the present, almost feel its set-off-ness from the rest of the city---people lurking in the small houses on the avenue---then at Fulton walked back towards city, out of ghetto (or appearing to be so) finally hit Outpost (aptly named) which seems to be the meeting place of the new (mostly white) settlers in the area---Outpost exists just west of Franklin, or maybe Classon, not sure---seems like a happening place, though nothing really new---somewhat of a predictablity about places like those now.
Yesterday, hectic but nice day at Friends, lots of fun with the younger kids, then, extremely tired, but went to the Reading that Nila was in anyway, nice to see everybody, people seemed happy that I was there, opened up another whole can of beans----would like to attend more readings, be more active---have more conversations, but...time...now rest of today free, as I prepare for a very hectic day tomorrow, my Halloween, after a long day at Friends, and then tutoring Jose, will probably be full of sleep. Check me out tomorrow.....