MORE DAZE-DESPAIR-THE TURNING

Thursday Night

A last surviving original tree on East 21st Street glows in the street light

A Favorite Holiday Card of Yesteryear

Trims around the Apartment

Who was this from?

 Madame Collette Angel

A Jim Bird with an Emily Bauble

That Tin Heart

Friday
More Cards for this Year

Glitter Reindeer & Two Cardinal greetings

 Wolf Friends

A package of home-made treats from my Massachusetts  friends:
Zucchini bread, three kinds of Cookies, Quince Jam and 'bread & butter' pickles

Saturday
Washington Square Scenes
Looking South to the 'Freedom' Tower

"Dedicated to General Giuseppe Garibaldi, the 19th century Italian patriot.
He crusaded for a unified Italy during the European era of state building."

 Roses still Blooming despite the Chill air

Caroling at Judson Church
With the West Village Chorale and my friend Michael

 Hot Chocolate, Snacks and more singing Inside around the piano

Sunday

So many expensive 'Urgent Care' centers opening around town while the hospitals turn into high end condominiums, or consolidate--one taking over another as homelessness increases at an alarming rate.  Too much sadness, displacement and despair.

Monday
The Turning

It has begun, begun in the dark. Darkness that deepens till dawn. Dawn loosening light that wakes. Wakes within the sleeping world. Worlds, all seamless as dreams, dreaming wave on wave of light, light fading then back into night.

https://youtu.be/HEdh2jXDe5I

Blessed Be