IN the NEXT GALAXY

~*~

In the Next Galaxy
by Ruth Stone

In the Next Galaxy
Things will be different.
No one will lose their sight,
their hearing, their gallbladder.
It will be all Catskills with brand
new wrap-around verandas.
The idea of Hitler will not have vibrated yet.
While back here,
they are still cleaning out
pockets of wrinkled
Nazis hiding in Argentina.
But in the next galaxy,
certain planets will have true
blue skies and drinking water.
~*~

PRIDE PARADE
June 24th 2018
Judson Church
2:30PM





Heading west to the subway from Judson Church
Hours of waiting ahead of us
at West 17th Street off 9th Avenue
(friends from NY Zen Center for Contemplative Care)

On the move

Henry spontaneously volunteered as body guard

5:30 PM

Stonewall Inn

HISTORY

13 Minutes

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Postcards picked up along the way

(see links)

Aftermath

Beauties from Brasil pose at 10th Street, where the march was continuing uptown toward 23rd and Fifth. I left around 7PM turning Eastward with my swollen tootsies and steady cane to make my way to a bus home for a salt foot soak and hot tea. Exhausted.

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Links

judsonchurch.org

panys.org@peaceactionNY

riseandresist.org

https://www.history.com/topics/the-stonewall-riots

NOVEMBER GRATITUDE

2014
Once upon a time in Massachusetts

In November
by Lisel Mueller

Outside the house the wind is howling
and the trees are creaking horribly.
This is an old story
with its old beginning,
as I lay me down to sleep.

But when I wake up, sunlight
has taken over the room.

You have already made the coffee
and the radio brings us music
from a confident age. In the paper
bad news is set in distant places.
Whatever was bound to happen
in my story did not happen.

But I know there are rules that cannot be broken.

Perhaps a name was changed.
A small mistake. Perhaps a woman I do not know
is facing the day with the heavy heart
that, by all rights, should have been mine.
~*~


2016
Today in New York City

 Our Superintendent dropped seeds into the Street side Planter in August. I'm Grateful that he has finally been rewarded with one absolutely perfect green gem.

I'm Grateful we have heat this morning, and grateful that this afternoon my Massachusetts friend Jenny, in town for a dance event tonight, was here for several sweet hours...

Grateful that my writing group was full of surprises tonight and Grateful for the dark night downtown when I emerged. A speeding bicyclist became invisible,
and so did I.

~*~

BIG SNOW DAY

5AM

This Morning,

looking down into the alley behind my building

 with flash through a screen

Video out the front window

1PM

The snow has stopped.  I'm not yet ready to suit up and go out there.  Though the sun shines brightly, the wind is gusty, and it's bitterly cold.  I might be back later.