Why So Few Entries...

 You can do better. Your trip to the Bronx actually two trips, one on a Saturday and the one to BronxScience on the next day. The Saturday trip: A voyage between 170 and 175 street off the Grand Concourse ---I area that, as the few readers of this blog my know, was all Jewish and prosperous when I was growing up. Now, all black and Hispanic ---I did not see one person on my travels who I would consider "white" Well, why was I there? I thought some sneakers at a Foot Locker located on 170 near Jerome Avenue would be cheaper then in Manhattan. Of course I was wrong---they were either as expensive or a little more. I received some "looks", like what was I doing in the neighborhood, but no problems. Subways easy to navigate. 

What am I to make of this? It was Saturday afternoon---lots of people were out. I went because I wanted to get in touch with some memories, (or some ideas of memories) of my childhood. I know it is a different neighborhood now--still trying to "bridge the gap" in my own head between my childhood and now. The next day I went to Bronx Science to play the role of "college interviewer" for six seniors. My third year of doing it-- lots of energy and good conversations. Bronx Science is located further north then where I was the day before, but still had to travel on the 4 train to its destination. Same thing--on the 4 train, I never sit--stand and look out of the door windows at that world that I once knew.

So we move on---yesterday a day all around Brooklyn---today, a body needing to recover from all the "action" of the day before. That trip---a story in itself, may be next, but not quite now. Stay tuned.