"Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems."
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
(found this on a chalk board outside an East Vilage restaurant!)
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As I walked into yet another cool space early that
morning (I am loving all these amazing places I get to explore, not to mention
the people I get to play with!) I felt
like a rock star as two handsome men called out “Kathy!!,” (my bosses from the
huge NYC Wine and Food Festival last October).
I was also placed on the ops team of an amazing guy I worked with at the
Food Film Festival in October. (More on Him later..) Then as I was stuffing swag bags (now a huge
part of my life), the Woman in charge of the swag said “We’ve met before.” As we chatted, we discovered I was her dental
hygienist in Boston! She used to come
back and forth, so would come into my office.
Have I mentioned how I love the mall world we live in?!
It was also lovely to get back to my “routines” for
instance walking in my Central Park with friends. The spring has been absolutely glorious. Getting caught in the massive downpours to
get to a VDay debrief meeting?
Everything dried, and it wasn’t icy and freezing. And, of course my music nights at my Sojourn! |
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With this gift of “time”, I continue to venture into
online learning a bit..interesting.
There is so much on the
internet, and much is free, so why not? I also continue to take of advantage of
the amazing NYPL system. I went to an
interesting class at the St. Agnes branch which is easily right across town from
me. Patty Dann and her “Telling Stories” was wonderful, and I bumped into two
Ladies I knew from other experiences! “TELLING STORIES is a workshop for anyone with a story to
tell, whether you’re a published writer or the last time you wrote was in your
teenage diary. Dann’s welcoming class will get you writing right
away, and give you guidelines on how to keep on writing when the class is done. BIO: Patty Dann is the
author of three novels, STARFISH, MERMAIDS and SWEET & CRAZY. She has also
published two memoirs, THE GOLDFISH WENT ON VACATION and THE BABY BOAT. Her
work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch,
Chinese, Korean and Japanese. MERMAIDS was made into a movie, starring Cher,
Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci. Her articles have
appeared in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Christian Science Monitor, O Magazine, The Oregon Quarterly, Redbook and
More. Dann was cited
by New York Magazine as one of the “Great Teachers of NYC.”
Dragging my feet on getting my conversion from my trusty PC
laptop to my new MacAir, I do stilltake advantage of One to One to gain my
confidence. Following one such class I
made my up to East Harlem for an interview as a Greeter for the Central Park Conservancy and as always, meeting nice and interesting people. (It is so
reassuring when people tell me how “brave” I am for fulfilling dreams.) I believe it’s going to be a true pleasure to
be a part of one of my favorite places in this new hometown of mine.
Following Philosphy class on a glorious spring day, I
ventured down to Union Square Park to lend my solidarity to a rally that VDay
had posted on Facebook for Bring Back
our Girls. I cannot even to begin to
comprehend the horror of those precious Babes, and their families. (What was especially interesting, was that
there was a Hemp Rally going on at the same time..gotta love America!)
Not wanting to waste a perfect afternoon, I walked up to
Madison Square Park to partake of a piece of Jane’s Walk. That warrants a blog post itself …to follow!
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