Tag: new-york

• i went down to the demonstration…

  to get my fair share of abuse. ~~Mick Jagger [At the New York Public Library Main Branch. 42nd St. & 5th Ave. Photo is mine.] I told a few people that we were going to the Hands Off demonstration at Bryant Park. Some commented: “Be careful.” “Don’t take a backpack. Not the thing at a…

  patrickjegan

  April 6, 2025

  Dreams, Melancholy Thoughts, New York City, non-fiction, Protest, Public Parks, Real Personal History

  #antimusktrumpprotestnyc, #Handoffprotestnyc, #lossofcivilrights, life, music, New York City, new-york, NYC

• A Dark And Sad Anniversary

  [Steve’s grave. Monroe, Louisiana. Photo is mine.] The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. ~~ L. P. Hartley On Friday, November 22, I will step away from whatever social engagement I may be involved in…and I will look up to a cloud or maybe a single star. And I will remember.…

  patrickjegan

  November 21, 2024

  Adirondacks, death, Friendship, Holding onto the Past, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Mountains and Memories, North Country Life, Real Personal History, The Adirondacks

  #hypothermia, Adirondacks, death, hiking, nature, new-york, Travel

• The Gravity of Manhattan: Three Worlds

  [Upper East Side Buildings. Photo is mine.] Do you know what the sounds of this city are? Screams. All those buildings are gray with sadness. ~~ Soji Shimada As I walked down the street from Broadway, I paused to listen… When I secured a teaching position in New York City in the very early 1990s,…

  patrickjegan

  January 26, 2024

  evolution, Home, In Search of Lost Time, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, New York City, Night Sounds of the City, non-fiction, winter

  #listeningtothenight, #lonelycities, #nightsoundsofnewyork, #winterinthecity, New York City, new-york, NYC, winter