Stacy Horn

God, did I not accomplish a lot today. There’s not a lot I can do about it now. The day is gone. I will chalk it up to a loss and try to do better tomorrow. Thank God for choir rehearsal tonight.

Here is my sweet Buddy resting. Poor little guy. I pill him all day long, it feels like. He is resting on my Brahms score, which is about resting in peace.

Looking West on Christopher Street, from the East side of Christopher and 7th, then.

And now. I should have taken this picture when the sun was higher in the sky.

I’m very excited to have made some progress in my search for Ream Constance Hoxie. She had a ten year old brother named Ralph, and I found and spoke to his son. Those of you who read the comments sections know that two granddaughters of Ralph’s are here now.

Unfortunately, Ralph refused to talk about his parents and never told anyone he even once had a sister. So until my call, Ralph’s son had never even heard of his late Aunt Ream. It could be that Ralph’s parents were not the best parents in the world (with all due respect). According to one of the New York Time’s articles about Ream’s murder, the Children’s Society had gotten a number of complaints and they took Ralph away in June the year before, but not Ream. (Perhaps because she was older? Except she was only 16 at the time.)

Right now I’m trying to find two people: a cousin of Ream’s named Jessie Ward who lived in Ansonia, CT in 1917, and an Army guy named Redvers Bowen. Ream and Jessie met Redvers at the Ansonia Public Library and Ream and Redvers wrote letters to each other the year before she died. Redvers Bowen died here in New York in 1968.

I have only two letters from Ream to Redvers (who gave them to the police at the time). In both she tries to sound older and sophisticated, and it’s very endearing. She says she is 18, but she was really 17. In the snippet below she’s talking about when they met at the library.

I’ll address why I believe the case went cold in my next post.

UPDATE: Ream Constance Hoxie update here.

This is not a great shot though, maybe it’s hard to see. It has berries.

Christ. January is half over. How did that happen?

Hey, for those of you who watch the show Bones, isn’t David Boreanaz looking thin? Too thin, I mean. I actually think he looks a little unwell.

Today is New Years Eve in my holiday do-over. I’m not quite sure what I should do though … hmmmm. I don’t drink, but what is something else I could do that is indulgent like that? Grapes! I love grapes. I will put out a bowl full of grapes. I know, doesn’t sound very exciting but I like the image.

Golden Globes tonight! I love award shows. Like everyone else who loves award shows, I love checking out the clothes.

It’s all about Buddy these days. That’s some Nutrical on that plate. I put that out for him in an effort to fatten him up.

I’ve got the news on in the background and these stories about Haiti are killing me. They rescue people and then can’t get them the proper medical attention and they die. Except right now they’re talking about a baby who was flown to Miami and they think she’ll make it.