July 14, 2024
I am always excite to fly to Florida–for palm trees and proximity to the beach. But here in Tallahassee, the beach would not be an option. But there was plenty to fill my time during my stay. Colorful murals all about. I love when the hotel is actually close to Read more…
May 26, 2024
Yay, I am in a cemetery! So while on short call reserve I get to explore this city. It’s like an extended vacation kind of. But I am pretty much always alone, which is peaceful until the times it is lonely. But then I go to bed and I have Read more…
October 21, 2020
Passing through Pennsylvania’s capital city, I had to check out the new mural from another favorite, Stephen Powers. I’ve gone on about his cleverness before, yes. But this time maybe I’ll go on about the intent of community building. It’s such a worthy cause and he does it with a Read more…
August 20, 2020
The Navajo Nation has been hit hard by Covid-19. In the initial plan of this trip, which was thought up before the pandemic hit, included a stay at a Navajo โHoganโ or yรกสผรกtสผรฉรฉh–a traditional and primitive home with a dirt floor, no running water and, I am sure, dark undeveloped Read more…
November 29, 2019
I scoured Manhattan for this second report of Angels in the five boroughs. Starting all the way at the bottom and ending all the way at the top. The result a huge selection of big city angels, inside and out, funerary and not, in several mediums. Starting here at the Read more…
October 5, 2019
You’re welcome, Stephen Powers. You appreciate me. I’m going to call this a Tumblr post because impending sickness is blocking my wit. And my couch requests I lie prostrate and groan weakly with Beetlejuice in the background. But I wanted to write about the importance of manners. How unkindness is Read more…
September 23, 2019
The Warby Parker store opening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has Stephen Powers all over it. โค๏ธ Bask within it while I am overwhelmed by September as I usually am. To Fall… and to Getting Up.
August 23, 2018
Theย V.V. Manhattan tag count is pretty darn high on this here blog.ย And though I have been escaping into Manhattan since I was just a girl, there is always more to see.ย And though we’ve grown apart, I would spend a day with her, tucking our past away and welcoming Read more…
August 6, 2017
There’s always a reason to go to Philadelphia. Usually it’s food. But the food invites you to make a day of it, to explore other things. Then, the duration of exploration makes you hungry again. (So yes, it’s mostly about food.) But Philadelphia is only two hours away, has deep Read more…
