Margaret making fire

so good

 ( detail from Michelob ad, West 72nd St subway station )

                                                  

view across the courtyard

cheerleader

 in love with this " g " !!

Copy of The Ballad of Reading Goal with inscription by Oscar Wilde :

    Major Nelson

     from the 

     author

        in recognition of 

  many acts of

   kindness and

gentleness

Major James Ormond Nelson oversaw Reading Goal, where Wilde  

had been imprisoned for 2 years after being convicted of

 homosexual behavior.

( on display at New York Public Library )

           

love this

make a left

winter sky, NYC

too beautiful to throw

    " Gentleness is invincible. "

                     
                         Marcus Aurelius

soon...

winter garden, first snow

                          

                                    

 

this mailbox appeared as I was walking up 6th Avenue
thinking about the new crown on my tooth...

Running late to catch a train to Connecticut this morning I dashed into the subway entrance for cardholders only, thinking I had enough credit on my Metrocard to fly through.   When I reached the turnstile & swiped the card " Insufficient Fare " came up instead of "Go."  I looked plaintively at the young man facing me, who was exiting the subway, & it flashed through my mind that I might ask him to let me use his card in exchange for cash; I hesitated and he was gone, so I headed for the street again, toward the entrance with the ticket machines on the other side of 6th Ave.  I had my wallet open, cash in hand, when a young man heading toward the street glanced at me & said in a foreign accent :  " You would like to pass ? "  I said " Yes! "  He turned and walked back to the turnstile with me and swiped his card.  When I offered my dollar bills he held up his hand in protest, saying " It's eelleegal. "  I tried to insist, asking if he was French, and he said " Oui, je parle français-- go through ! " & waved me on.  So I did and was on my way--all in a matter of seconds !

I could not believe my luck & suddenly thought of the Metrocard that I keep on my desk :

star lampost,  Madison Square Park

and again !!

bright red cardinal looking straight at me across the courtyard
another good sign

Urban Outfitters, 6th Ave and Waverly Place
good sign

Fifth Avenue

layerings

vintage phone booths in hallway leading to amazing

 exhibit celebrating 100 years of the New York Public Library, 

5th Avenue and 42nd Street

things falling into place

moon onion

" But groundless hope, like unconditional love,
is the only kind worth having. "

                                                                   John Perry Barlow

                                                                                             

illuminated clock, Con Edison Building,
seen from Union Square West

                                                      

" All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
   Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's
   revolving door. "

                                                                                Albert Camus

West Village, NYC

                                         

good morning !

4.18 pm desk view

                                                                       

life goes on...

brrrr !!  

Little find:  Pippin, 112 W. 17th St, NYC
vintage mirrors, jewelry, chairs, hats...
t

New year !!  Monday off !!

"  Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams.  Who looks inside, awakens. "
                                                                                                     
                                                                                    Carl Jung

                                                                                    

DAY CONQUERS NIGHT
Sundial, Moissac, France, St Peter's Church, XIIC
( postcard by As de Coeur )