The Sill of the World

cacophonous We sit across from each other in a tiny office. Construction noise shatters our conversation. fountain The water in the foun...

These Central Park photos are from a beautiful day at the end of October. It had unexpected warmth. (And, towards the end of the day, I got ...

attentive Beneath a tree that's touching the ground with its upper branches, they read the Ten Commandments. People listen quietly and...

gauze Fat snowflakes swimming past my eyes. The world is wrapped up in snow. macabre Despair is always waiting with open arms but I don...

felicitous Meeting kind people in stairwells. fervent He holds the last shofar note for an eternity. In that note is every hope, appeal...

floating I love summer nights, after it's rained earlier and the air is soft and balmy. I could walk for miles on nights like these. ...

One of the day's highlights was walking by the lake in Central Park and through the Ramble, which is my favorite part of the park. ...

atmospheric At the cafe we sit right by the huge open windows, and cool air rolls over us as the storm starts up. We breathe deeply and pe...

dramatic A small group of tourists stands at the curbside and shouts at a squirrel to get off the road. "Watch out! Cars are coming!...

A little over a year ago I posted photos of autumn in New York - more specifically Central Park - that I took on Thanksgiving weekend 2010....

entreat Soliciting food, the cat butts its head against my shins. Under the table its eyes glow, beseeching. expansive The lake in Central ...

"... why does it feel so inviting?" "Dreamers with empty hands may sigh for exotic lands; It's autumn in New York - it...

abstruse It's like reading The Jabberwocky, only no fun at all - a highly technical book with lots of (to me it seems) made-up words. I...

A flame that burns constantly - (But where there might have been another powerful quote or passage on that little plaque, there are instead ...