And so we returned.....

Saturday 7/24, library Johns Hopkins....is it possible that I am here? Five hours to meeting with Robin and her brother---should be fun, but what now.....a lonely distended feeling, as if some adolescent had sprung up inside me---Baltimore with its spacious yet empty streets, that totally bucolic feeling you get when you come from New York...have a nice room and a nice host (really inexpensive for two days) but would I have felt more comfortable in a hotel. And this library...opened the September that I left----I never set foot in here as a student....I guess this means for me it is still a "new" library. Nothing more for now....perhaps tomorrow, or Monday, when I return to the city.

so here we....

are...Tuesday, Williamsburg around 8 P.M. Just read a Joseph Epstein story; sharp but awfully brief, wonder if the next couple will be deeper. Just going to drift down to South Fourth, see what happens...all star game....movie...who knows, then......good weekend, got a lot out of the three movies at Anthology, all rather tough, would have liked more linkage to the past, but....not to be. Tomorrow, Fringe meeting with box office people, early this year, learn how to use credit card machine, a first for me, then......Baltimore in two weeks.....? Will it happen? Will check out a place to stay tomorrow, otherwise, in a mellow place.......

three day weekend.....

lots of things to explore, I hope, everything seems to be built around tonight, a movie at BAM, a documentary about Samuel Delaney, science fiction writer and former class mate of city boy. I t seems like yesterday when Doctor Gordon (Isabel) brought him in to read us sophmores, this genius' science fiction excerpt from the Science Literary magazine. I remember, we were told to be impressed by him--the reading was a garble of sounds, energy, but not much content---still, I loved and would recommend to anyone his autobiography about his life with Marilyn Hacker in the early sixties---really wonderful, descriptive writing. Should be interesting to go there today, not sure what the agenda will be before hand, should say hi to Sarah, if she is working this Saturday at Soda, but if I go there right after this---will I be moored in Brooklyn for the rest of the day, and can I deal with this, and speaking of that, how are you going to get through the next couple of days of heat wave in your non-airconditioned, non-fanned apartment. city boy, tell me that...? And what about the cookout at South Fourth, tomorrow afternoon, better be careful that you don't stuff yourself, or by 3:30 P.M., you will be stuffed for the day. Will report soon........

you have....

four minutes, Bob, what do you want to say...a vast expanse of time.....memory......where do we go from here; should read last post, since it was before the graduation, would love to tell Susan about meeting her old college prof Philip Finkelpearl---she would be freaked---God, coincidence is really something...spent the evening watching baseball at Standings, Strasbaugh looked good, but has since been reached, what about yesterday, when you awoke today, you compared yourself to Ulysses, traveling throughout Brooklyn...a little more coherence, Bob, might be desired, anyway, let us move to tomorrow.........

it's a melancholy morning......

I find myself feeling melancholy, not too excited, when the mother of one of my students canceled our session, scheduled for this morning, I was kind of relieved, did not think I had enough to teach him, probably wanted the time. Tomorrow the graduation, looking forward to that, this afternoon Fringe open house, have no idea how that will go, after that a session with Neal in Math A, and finally..........? could be anywhere. After my lesson with him yesterday, had plenty of choices opted to go to Amalgamated Bank on Bed Stuy border, then take Franklin ave shuttle ( a nice ride) to Eastern Parkway, walked over to the library where the 24 hour reading was taking place, readings were a little bland, a little too self indulgent, nevertheless glad I was there...wandered over to Vanderbuilt, returned to Plan B, to watch some baseball, not a great time, but could watch and focus, and the bartendress was very nice to me. Then wandered dVanderbuilt, checked the other bars, nothing too interesting then back home, though it was kind of early Read a bit of the lit mag, some nice stuff, still can't get over how nice the yearbook is. Anyway, we will see tomorrow..........

quite a day.....

yesterday, as I received the yearbook honor from friends, very moved by that, did not expect it at all, nice to have all those statements from the kids. I am really looking forward to the graduation. Afterwards, went to south fourth, had some coke (drink) then went to the new movie theater on Kent, really nice, saw the movie on Freddy's----somewhat dissappointed by it---sometimes theys stessed the obvious too much---now waiting for Kevin, who seems to have forgotten that we have an appointment---oh well, still a lot to do........

being sickened......

by the Times article I just read about the B administration closing down services for the poor in the Gowanus section. Really awful....this administration has no vision of itself as a helping organism, I think that is clear now.........hopefully the city council will try to do something to correct this...this is the opposite of Monday, when politics dissappeared, now it seems to be on my mind totally. Where to go with this....? Possibly contac the Councilman on Monday.