She arrives precisely when she is needed. She delights children while maintaining superior control of the situation. She never explains anything. She makes it fashionable to carry an umbrella. She is respectful to everyone, including to herself. She doesn't deny the hard things in life; ...
A Library: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth
Let's take a look at the six floors of the Gottesman Library at Teachers College for a moment, shall we? There is a main area on each floor, furnished with long tables, comfortable upholstered chairs, and a helpful librarian (who only LOOKS like a statue) sitting behind the circulation desk. This ...
Art Appreciation
Some of the subway stops have pretty mosaics. This one is at the Columbia stop on 116th and Broadway. I think it is quite nice that art is intentionally placed down there in that glorified sewage pipe. I mean, rats don't scurry over the tracks between trains like they do in the Boston tunnels, but ...
Eavesdropping II
*** ---An old woman and an old man on a bus: W: Sir, can I trouble you for your seat? M: H***, no! What do you think I am, a teenager? Bus driver: Yeah, he's 80 years old. M: D*** right, I'm 80 years old! I'm stayin' where I am! W: But I have a walker. M: So what? You ain't the only ...
Human Nature
How to learn in one easy step: 1. Open up. Three years ago, I was not ready to do it. This group began our studies with one week at the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center. We were immersed in the arts (movement, dramatic interpretation, graphic art and sculpture, sound effects), and it scared ...
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