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G.O. New York City
G.O. NYC (Get Outdoors NYC) You sell your car and move to a big city, and after a few months, you end up feeling a little bit… trapped? Trapped maybe isn’t the perfect word, but even 19,000 restaurants and the most culturally bustling city in America can’t provide everything that the heart and mind need. […]
School Gardens, or, How to Teach the Next Generation to Save Themselves
February 2, 2012
Obesity affects upwards of 40% of the American population. Almost 70% of us are considered to be overweight. 70%! If you live in the city, the next time you are on the subway, choose ten people, and glance (because staring is rude), and see if this stat holds true. You’ll see lots of double chins […]
Biodiversity, or, The Last Supper
October 23, 2011
On the eve of the last day, they held their glasses high to the sun and all poured a drop of liquid to the red earth. Tears puddled around noses and toes while the last hypercolor sunset slipped into the Pacific, slipped behind the land, into the water, into the dark side of space. Tonight […]
Dreaming of Snakes
October 15, 2011
Last night I worked as a snake handler. I used a broadsword to prod and lift a viper up into the air to show to paying customers the girth and color of its body. The snake and I worked in unison, if I thought something, it would respond. If it felt discomfort or lack of […]
A Few Live Seasons
October 1, 2011
Today, October 1, 2011. A new challenge put forth. As a meager and slightly shy writer, I’ve told no one except for myself, so if I fail, I am only failing myself – if I am consistent, I will sound my barbaric YAWP. My challenge is simple enough, and one that I am feeling is needed […]
Goodnight, Irene
August 29, 2011
Yesterday around noon Zuly and I went for a run. It was windy, the sky was gray, the hatches were battened, and most of the New Yorkers who had means to get out, had evacuated. Those us off without cars, or with animals too heavy to transport in carriers onto public transportation, got to stick […]
A Robin Red Breast in a Cage
June 30, 2011
Puts all heaven in a rage. ~ William Blake, Augeries of Innocence It’s been a good day let’s say. Morning, woke, ate an avocado and a slice of peanut butter on toast. Read the morning paper, learned about local politicians stealing money from public schools. A suspected killer on trial for murdering eleven woman and […]
The Word is Good to Us, So We Thank the Word
February 17, 2012
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