Knit One, Purl Two
“Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.” —Dorothy Day (1897–1980, journalist […]
Author Archives: Walk About New York
Autumn’s First Day
“A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.” […]
A Long Shadow
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Abraham Lincoln and […]
A Sign for Our Times
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” —Mark Twain (1835–1910) Mark Twain lived in the Village for many years; see one of the […]
New York’s Bravest and New York’s Darkest Day
“My son firefighter Leon Smith Jr., who was the sunshine of my life. He gave his life so that others could live. I love you, I miss you and we’ll […]
Do You Believe in Magic?
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) This advice given by Herr Goethe is more fitting to […]
A Bar Serving Cheese, but It’s not Cheesy
“Mozzarella is a challenging cheese and should not be attempted as your first cheese.” —David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Clermont College Professor Fankhauser […]
Labor’s Victory: Paid Vacation and the Man who Made it Possible
“What a stormful sunset was that of last night! How glorious the storm, and how splendid the setting of the sun! We do not remember ever having seen the like […]
2014 U.S. Open, Part II
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” —from “Worstward Ho” by Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) The quote above is inked up the length of Stan Wawrinka’s […]
2014 U.S. Open, Part I
“When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up; and for me it’s tennis.” —Roger Federer (1981– ) Attending an early-round match at the […]
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