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May 16th, midtown

Downtown Pictorial

Ironic

The irony in starting a blog site named All The Best in difficult times is not lost on me.

It was meant not as irony but as a call for positivity. It was part of my gratitude practice.

If everything was all the best, it would be too easy to be grateful.

Stairways

A small collection of

Wood-frame houses in and near my neighborhood.

Rhythmic

Drums are a mystery.

Well, a greater mystery since any musical instrument is beyond my abilities.

Drums were my rumination as I attended the concert by an ensemble the Anderson Twins gathered at Symphony Space. [Mari S Gold will review shortly.]

The drums take the percussive lead, of course, but they whisper subtly when coaxed by a brush.

There is so much less bravado in their rhythms when the drums are brushed rather than beaten.

A day in my life

Self congratulations

What do you do to be involved in the community?

Do you really believe in a humble brag? Really?

I love that it’s for “yard waste.” I mean, here in New York City

When my friend J told me she was placing all her “live food” [her vivid description] in one of these bins, I issued a grump. She, btw, was not bragging.

On her podcast activist-actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus had been acclaiming the merits of a home food compactor for a while.

Another grump from me. Too much earth-friendly virtue, I grumbled.

The compost pails are law in NYC now. They put up big centralized bins on the corners a few months ago.

Next, they required your landlord to make these accessible for us all.

You can hear my complaint over this new task as I carry my bag up the block.

Just a humble brag.

Floral/Seasonal

On Freedom

Timothy Snyder has written On Tyranny and On Freedom.

I might say that we as a nation were asked to choose and oh boy!

You can find Timothy Snyder on Substack. Very uplifting and positive, although unfortunately much needed.