Cat Fight!

Not an easy thing to try an photograph, especially in this itty bitty medium... but I thought the eyes and claw swipe looked rather interesting.

Big Sad Kitty

So sad, in fact, he will soon start attacking his brothers in an effort to make himself feel better!

DMV Limbo

7 @ Times Square

Vices n Virtues

Cedar Closed

A Fond Farewell

To a favorite spot for generations.

Silliness

Serendipity -- [noun]: A real life muppet 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Skyward

Subway Chic

the kid with a plant as tall as he is

i was watching him on the platform, fumbling to set up my camera, while he watched some other guy playing music... it was beautiful and i missed it...

I love this City!

Brooklyn Museum

Where even the light is exhibited beautifully.

Morning Sun shines through my window...

To be a Cat

Must be the ultimate Nirvana.

Death of a Christmas Tree

Somewhere down these tracks...

The Evil Dead await us.

Some Days The Best Recourse

Is to just crawl under the desk for a spell.

Good Morning Sunnyside!

Happy New Year!

May 2007 bring Joy, Love, and Peace to all.

Riding the Rails

Love train travel! It's like being in suspended animation. On trains there is a whole other reality.

Beautiful Baubbles, Blue Bags & Boxes

these are a few of my favorite things

Back to the Daily Grind!

Big Bow on Boxing Day!

Cool Yule to Y'all!

My Christmas Tree Loving Kitty!

Turkish Delight!

Bryant Park Tree

Most Unhappy Gato

But doesn't he look adorable?

Christmas Memories

As a kid, I loved sleeping under the tree.

Mom would let me bring a few blankets or a sleeping bag and a pillow and make me a bed on the floor.

I would stare up at the ornaments, dazzled by all the reflections.

Dreaming of multicolored snowflakes.

O Christmas Tree

Yin and Yang

Happy Hanukah!

Sometimes this is the only Question...

Little Known Fact:

The shepherds that came to see the baby Jesus were Gingerbread men! Who knew?

Lost Buds

Boarding the train, I spotted these 2 blooms laying by the opposite door.
I wondered, had they been discarded as useless, pointless even? Or, was there someone lamenting 2 long stems nestled in amongst 10 other beauties?
But I knew as I stooped to capture this photo, these roses were truly lost.

A Riff on Passion

Passion.

That word.

That feeling.

Seeing someone playing music with passion. Eyes closed, lips moving, body in rhythm. To watch someone play the sax or the harmonica - ecstasy! Singing with passion; is there any greater joy than to watch someone singing for the sheer release of it? Actually seeing them let it all hang out in their voice. Even when singing to themselves, the soul is bare in their passionate voices.

Any art made with passion feeds my soul. From Pollack to Van Gogh, Nan Golden to Ansel Adams, Degas to Annie Liebovitz... from my 5 year old niece to the guy on the train who draws profiles of his fellow passengers.

Poetry. Literature. Even an irreverent bit of erotica. The written word that has a voice of it's own. That writing which takes on a life separate from the page, lodged in the imagination of the reader.

Listening to someone speaking with passion... I don't usually care what they talk about. Oh, you say you are really excited about the two new varieties of seaweed you've found that grow off the southern tip of Iceland? Well, tell me why that is... I'll listen for a while just to hear that thing that happens to the voice when it's infused with passion.

I'll listen and I will jones for more.

I'll listen and get excited.

Not so much a Green Thumb

Last Night's Dream

An enormous tree descended
Rooted, as it was, in the heavens
Dark, slender branches twisted
Bearing frozen blossoms of Moondust
I lay mesmerized on a bed of sand
Toes digging with half-hearted effort
To shake off this enchantment

"Friday night, I'm going nowhere..."

"...all the lights are turning green to red. Turning over t.v. stations, situations running thru my head."

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
-Willy Wanka-

Grandpap and Grammy Little

...have moved into my office bathroom!

Grandpap and Pup

Reading by the sink.

Beat the Cold Fashions

Cannot get enough of this Hat!

19 degrees in NYC

With a "real feel" of -3 degrees!

Well Earned Reward

after a long and stress filled day... Slainte!

Looks kinda shady

This Joker

Has been hanging around the hood.

Sunny and Cold

With a fair chance of spotting embroidery.

Morning Haiku

Pushing onto train
Navigate fleece and down coats -
Urban labyrinth.

Dapper Dan

Don't Ask Me Why

... but this gentleman just pleased me ever so when I saw him as I boarded the train tonight.

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

It's Beginning...

To look a LOT like Xmas!

Every catalog is unique.

This it what comes from shopping at home.