so just learned,,,,,

that protest outside of the apartment house of the woman in charge of the mayor's economics took place last Sunday---I could have been there, but something tells me that this is too close for comfort. Also very cold, but admire the group for doing this---ironically, when I have the most time, there seems to be the least "activism" to do. Well, there is another protest a week from Wednesday, will probably go to that, because I do not see any conflicts.
Last night, had hoped to go to see the work at Abrons Arts, but was simply too tired. Probably all the activity from Wednesday weighed me down, and so by 6 it was clear that I had to rest. So I slept from around 8 to 12---then awoke, and as often happens, felt extremely active. But what to do? Stomach told me not to have a beer at a bar, so stayed inside---what followed was a long night's journey into day. Lots of thoughts, trying to figure out where to go from here, dealing with the "no plan" of the holiday.
No real plan for the afternoon or evening, a lot of options, just found out about a Leonard Cohen concert in Brooklyn, (at Jalopy, a place that I have never been to in the Columbia Heights area of the borough---a little north of Red Hook. Kind of an event I would love to take a "date' or a well liked companion to, but if I go it will be by myself.
  I am continuing to read Malamud's The Assistant. The more that I get into it, the more I am taken by the writer's creation of the universe of the novel. A drab, closed and depressing street in (I assume) south Brooklyn in the late 40's. You get a  real sense of enclosure from the world Malamud creates. This will be my reading project for the weekend, I also have an anthology of new writing from Pushcart that will counter that if necessary.
 At  Barnes and Noble, found the poem that I was looking for last week at Friends. Very powerful, it is called Holy Night and is by Dan Albergotti. Must not forget it.
 Salome tomorrow at the Met? Possibly, one of what seems to be a million options for the next few days. But hard to single in on any one that really draws me in.
 May not report again until Tuesday, since that is when the libraries reopen, but if something is important, may post from a different spot. Have a good weekend (holiday)