In Georgia this week visiting family, I’m absolutely haunted by the Macon Telegraph’s front page before and after pictures of Macon’s long-lost, poverty-stricken, African-American community of Tybee. In the first shot, taken in the 1950s, shacks surround a landmark coal chute. In the second shot, taken in 2005, the coal chute still stands, but thanks […]
The last 25 minutes were the worst part of the flight. She was crying, kicking, screaming. But here she is not even one minute after we touched down. Still braking on the runway, her head falls on my lap and she’s out cold. “No she didn’t wait until NOW to fall asleep,” said the woman […]
She finally took to drawing with the pen and paper we’d been offering. Just 5 minutes of respite. They went by so quickly.
Planes and 19-month-olds don’t do so well together. This one is lucky she’s cute. Consider this a virtual apology to all of our fellow passengers.
Yes, that’s my side of the bed. Yes, that’s a laptop. Yes, it’s 5:00 a.m. Yes, I’ve been up for quite a while already. This is what I do.
1:30 a.m. The wee hours of a Sunday morning. I’m completely zonked on the train back to Albany from NYC after a long day of recording with Jed for the Rise and Shine project. I awake to EVERYONE in the car clearing out. So still half asleep, I rush to get my crap in my […]
This is just a shout out to Heather and A.J. for dragging me to CentralPark to see the Gates the morning after the show.
And yet: can you find even one head in this picture that’s turned to face the performer? Maybe it’s like Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. “Marion, don’t look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion. Don’t look at it no matter what happens.” But if that’s the case, then why didn’t the guy […]
