I happened to be driving over the Queensboro Bridge on June 29, 2020 and witnessed one of the five pop-up fireworks shows that the city surprised New Yorkers with during the pandemic. They were magnificent and spectacular and delighted this pandemic-weary New Yorker. Fast forward to 2021. The percentage of eligible New Yorkers who were […]
Counting my blessings as the world’s coronavirus cases are raging in India and South America, driving new case numbers to a week-long sustained peak above 800,000 for the first time. It feels dire with new variants crippling India’s healthcare system. The U.S. pledged medical aid and supply aid to India last week, as India shared […]
Alice Neel: People Come First at The Metropolitan Museum of Art March 22- August 1, 2021, is a show for our times. As the Coronavirus pandemic soldiers on, Ms. Neel’s paintings were exactly what my social distance-wearied eyes and spirit needed to see. The colors are vibrant and saturated. The brush strokes are bold and […]
I’m a little late to get a Thanksgiving post out but as it’s still Thanksgiving weekend here in the states, and 2020 has been anything but typical, I thought a little late, well, you know how the saying goes. There is so much to be mindful of in this twentieth year of the 21st century. […]
