In late February, I stopped using the "blue" parking at my school. This bothered some people, which made me chuckle every time I got into my Honda. They kept asking me, one eyebrow raised, "Why are you parking in the last spot now, the farthest spot from the building? What are you trying to do, ...
All Day MJ
The Apollo Theater is playing Michael Jackson hits 24-7. Everybody wants to get inside to hear it. The King of Pop may have died, but Harlem is alive and in hysteria in his honor. As far as you can see in both directions down 125th Street, lines of eager fans snake across the sidewalk, effectively ...
Fortress for the Fourth
This is the ornate doorway into the massive, closed city block that is the Teachers College campus. This is the ornate doorway that I bounded toward, with books and papers and flash drive in hand, ready to study. This is the ornate doorway that is standing open, as if to invite me in, as if it ...
Ellis Island Rain
Warning: Objects in camera are much closer than they appear. I do not know why this photo turned out the way it did. From where I was standing on Ellis Island, it felt as if I were just two football fields from Lady Liberty; I could see the folds of her garment, the drape of her penny hem, the ...
Fortune Cookies and Pepper Spray
Today I arrived safely in Manhattan for my third and final summer at Teachers College to complete my master's degree in the Teaching of English. I am overwhelmed by the thought of writing my thesis, to say the least. I lugged two enormous suitcases and a laptop to New York with me, and one of the ...
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