Almost Christmas Eve
(A New York Story)
I went first to Epiphany Library on East 23rd Street at 6:45 where I returned and checked out
items, and took a photo of a favorite librarian. Then, while shopping
for a red candle in glass at THIRD AVENUE FOOD CORP at 325 Third Avenue,
one of those kind of nasty, very tight spaces where I seldom shop, which
tonight was particularly crowded, MY CAMERA WAS LIFTED from the deep
side pocket of my raincoat, but I didn't discover it 'till I got home.
I next went right next door to the Natural Frontier Market
for broccoli and tofu, and had many animated conversations with staff
till 7:45PM. Lastly I stopped at CVS at 8PM for some dish soap and then
home. I'm usually so careful but it was pouring and I have a bit of
allergy effect with a foggy head. I'm 99% certain the theft had to have been at the Third Avenue Food
Corp. It caters to a sort of shady Clientele, and no one at the other
locations had either the opportunity nor would they have been likely
steal.
I mourn the photographs that were still in the camera and are now in some one's uncaring hands, and worry I might have left identifying information there. Naturally I am very sad to lose the camera because I can not replace for a while. So, no Christmas eve, day or days after photographs! Very sad about that fact.
