Category Archives: Nature

On A Boat Pond – October 17, 1981 – Journal

August 20, 2024 – 11:11 am

Autumn settles on the boat pond Central Park trees Green to Orange to Yellow On the pond Two radio-controlled sloops Race Driven South By a crisp Northwesterly An imitation America Cup___ Here Central Park Not the East Village Rosy red cheek children Run around the pond An arm’s reach From foreign nannies and young mothers___ […]

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CHIMP CRAZY

August 16, 2024 – 11:08 am

Tuesday night I attended the HBO premiere of CHIMP CRAZY directed by Eric Goode. I was struck in this film by how these chimp lovers desire the love of the chimps to satisfy an emptiness in their lives, while oblivious to the pain of their loved ones. Strangely their providers are also trapped in life, […]

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NORTH OF HERE BY
PETER NOLAN SMITH

August 13, 2024 – 8:10 am

NORTH OF HERE BY PETER NOLAN SMITH The only problem with Maine is that you can’t eat the scenery – James Steele 1978 MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2024 VERMONT WINTAH 1973 A blizzard buried Montreal The temp arctic. Minus zero. Crashing with two New Zealanders Across the street From the Winston Churchill Pub Only forty feet through […]

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Swimming In The Seine 1985

August 3, 2024 – 6:37 pm

In the summer of 1985 I rode my Vespa 150 east from Paris along the Seine until reaching a strand of strand past Melun. The temperature was warm and I waded into the river. It smelled of algae, but I plunged into the waters. Not pleasant, but not unpleasant, then again as a child in […]

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Horseshoe Crabs And Us 2050

July 24, 2024 – 8:33 am

I have visions Not dreams But visions Of the Future 2050___ Sitting on the B54 bus Traveling down Myrtle Avenue__ Summertime No cars None___ The smell of nature No car fumes More trees More flowers Vegetable gardens too. People walking Riding bikes 8 billion people in 2024 Less people in 2050 A lot less The […]

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