This time last year, I offered a post that intentionally reflected what some friends think of as my basic optimism. I even called the post “An Optimistic Perspective for 2021,” and it was published at https://bit.ly/38346BE. The post was full of my own optimism, a description I won’t deny. And remembering the post and re-reading …
Today in New York City
As our American society attempts to deal with the second of our two overwhelming crises, every citizen is experiencing nervousness, fear, uncertainty, and – not to make too fine a point of it – a certain level of surprise. How did we get to this point in our lives as American citizens? All the papers …
Springtime in New York’s Central Park
Spring comes to New York’s Central Park For those of us who live in New York, there are plenty of times for quiet thought and life without the daily stresses that seem to characterize urban living in the minds of so many people. Indeed, the idea of our city as a loud, disruptive place probably …