I have given....

myself twenty minutes on the computer, here in the "mall" that sits on Bedford and N. 5th. Wander through the bookstore, then come here....the Prophet.....remember Joan telling you that it gave her permission to love more than one man---struck by that memory, so many years later, there is no way I pass a copy of "The Prophet" and don't remember her saying this.
Finished the lesson with Jhennifer, then a long walk through the Bronx---passed Boynton Avenue, that is where my father taught for so many years (Monroe High School) , again a street sign that never fails to evoke the memory of my father's place.
Yesterday a long walk down Myrtle Avenue from Wycoff to Bushwick, mostly Spanish for the trip, then as you approach Bushwick you begin to see white people. Saw the two "mystery" hang outs that I have heard about for so long, Gotham COmedy club, by the Central Avenue M train, then Goodbye Blue Monday, both a bit dark and forboding...return to home, tomorrow the "new year" begins (labor day definitely the "death" of summer) Tonight will possibly see Don Carlo at the plaza outside the Met....will see what happens.....