Have just returned from a "journey" to 14th street, to make a deposit in the bank where I have a checking account. Considering how nervous I have been about being too far away from the apartment, this trip was relatively easy. No stomach problems and two very efficient subway rides allowed me to make the trip and back in just about an hour. Pretty good...? Maybe this afternoon I will head north to 146 st. and Broadway and sit and read at Hamiltons, one of the coffee shops that I frequent when I tutor at the 145st. library.
Speaking of reading, I have made a lot of progress in Wild Palms, the novel by Faulkner that I began on Wednesday. Some of the way he writes and describes nature---some of the excitement that he is able to get from the passions and clashes of his characters, seems totally amazing to me. How can one person be so observant? I think I have about 80 pages or close to that to go. And yes, once I finish Wild Palms, I think I will buy another one of his novels, and work my way through that one as well. Maybe Absolom, Absolom. But I would also like to check out a book by a female Shakespeare scholar that takes the reader through about 18 of his plays. What I have read so far, as I have browsed the book at Barnes and Noble, makes me want to follow her through her analysis' of the plays she has chosen. Maybe that will be next.
Had a nice phone conversation with my friend Riley yesterday. He is beginning a job as a barista at a new coffee place in Bed-Stuy--on Halsey and Tompkins. Tomorrow it is supposed to be incredibly hot, not a great day to travel, still, I would like to attempt a visit to see the place and "hang" with him. We will see what happens.......
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