"Evil Ones"
Ground Zero” is an even more compelling sight at night than during the day. The rising smoke plumes are well defined by front, back, and side lighting. The twisted steel […] More
Schubin Chronicles
All Hallows Eve
The residents of a block near me have adopted Halloween as their holiday. They get the police to close the street so kids can run back and forth, they decorate […] More
Being secure
You’d probably recognize one of the other residents of our apartment building. He’s been in some movies and has appeared on TV. He’s a very good actor but is not […] More
Spring forward, fall back
I awoke today to the news that there had been a small earthquake — 2.6 on the Richter scale, enough to smash some dishes — at 1:42 this morning in […] More
The Friday before October 31
The front page of yesterday’s New York Times quoted an “administration official” as follows: “The lesson we’re learning is that you can bomb the wrong place in Afghanistan and not […] More
Flu season
The weather report ended up, unusually, in the business section of today’s New York Times. It says Kabul will be much cooler on Saturday. Here in New York, we broke […] More
A little information
The tiny hardware store on Park Row, a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center site, had a good number of customers yesterday afternoon. The whole block seems to […] More
Bad terror and good terror
Chuck is not doing very well these days. He is one of the homeless people who hang around our block. We try to get to know them by name. Chuck […] More
Autumn in New York
This morning we ate apples that had fallen off a tree in Central Park. Yum! When you visit New York, you can take edible-flora tours that will introduce you to […] More
Sightseeing and entertainment in New York
My eyes are still burning. My throat is still raw. I visited the site today. The smoky air was noticeable even before I emerged from the subway. I was not […] More