A blog about New York City, my books, and my cats. Mostly.
I’m assuming these were directions about where to stand outside the post office, which is now closed for the duration. The USPS is not closed, just certain branches. With everyone staying home we don’t need every site open. Notice again that there are zero people out on the street when I took this shot. It’s still mind-blowing for a city dweller to see this every day.
We couldn’t meet in person to celebrate my cousin Bill Kaelin’s Nobel Prize, so we did what everyone else is doing, we had a Zoom party! That’s Bill on the middle right. It was a little awkward, but it felt good to connect.
There was a line outside this store and when I looked inside, I saw why. Look at all those supplies!! I’m doing okay, mostly. I don’t have wipes, or masks, which is alright, except now they are saying maybe we should be wearing masks. I do have enough food and cat food (for now), so there’s that. It’s getting harder and harder to get my favorite items and I can’t find Bali’s favorite food anywhere. (But again, I have enough for now.)
This is the original 20 members. How many can you identify? I can’t identify them all. Some you can’t see. This is my apartment. I pushed my furniture back and set up these rented tables and chairs.
While I was looking for that photograph I pulled out a few others. These three shots are from an appearance we made on, of all places, Fox News. This was in 1990 I believe, and it was before they showed their true colors.
Sadly, I also came across lot of photographs of people who are no longer with us. I think I might do a collage one day. This is Danny and Leslie (aka Mrs. Hippie Queen).
I took a different route on my walk yesterday. My plan was to take pictures of the empty Times Square. I went uptown on 7th Avenue, and back home on 8th. What I found was when you get to the 30s, both avenues have been kinda taken over by people dealing with mental illness and anger issues. I wasn’t entirely comfortable, I must admit. I walked in the street through those stretches, (and it was safe for me to do so).
Even though it was mostly empty, pictures taken during the day just don’t convey the post-apocalyptic feel of Times Square. So I took a picture of a side street, showing no one going to the shows. And …
The steps to the main Post Office building taken over by pigeons. I love pigeons so this I was happy to see (and not the unfortunate homeless person).
