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Warmer Than Yesterday

January 5, 2013 – 2:26 pm

Weather at the base of the Fort Greene Monument seemed warmer than yesterday even though the temperature was the same as on Friday. I biked up to the plaza honoring the dead prisoners of the Revolutionary War and basked in the wan rays of the January sun. A park ranger warned me not to bike […]

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Sunny Cold And Loud

December 30, 2012 – 1:28 pm

Last night I went to bed at a decent hour. My eyes closed reading AMERICAN TABLOID by James Ellroy. He really hated the Kennedys and I dreamed about my meeting RFK at the Lower Mills trolley stop in 1966. JFK’s younger brother shook my hand with the a reincarnated firmness. I attempted to warn him […]

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Snow, Rain or Ice

December 29, 2012 – 8:02 pm

New York was spared a White Christmas for the holiday, but weathermen predicted a winter storm due for this weekend. I woke early in the Fort Greene Observatory. The skyline over the brownstones promised to back up their report. Within an hour snowflakes swirled in the air and I touched the window. It was cold […]

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A Letter For Ralph

November 26, 2012 – 7:42 pm

Last October Ralph Jawad of Ralph’s Meats on Lafayette Street in Fort Greene was arrested by the NYPD for possession on marijuana and two guns. The neighborhood mayor is out on bail after a period of incarceration on Riker’s Island. The NY Post today heralded the approach of legal marijuana sales in New York, yet […]

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7:03 AM

November 14, 2012 – 5:45 pm

Last month I started waking at 7:03am. I am not a light sleeper, but something was disturbing my slumber cycle. I opened the window of the Fort Greene Observatory to the morning air and heard a machine rumble. I immediately identified the source as the transformer powering the construction of a condo tower several blocks […]

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