Christmas morning, 2:00 a.m.
Haven’t been feeling all Yuletide this year. Frankly, it’s been a tough-ass year. Right up there with the worst ever, to be frank. But I know I ain’t telling you nothin’ you don’t already know, right?
The morning after
Last night, we drank spiced rum and cola and played Scrabble while the wind whipped powdery swirls of snow off the church steeple next door. The usually noisy on a Saturday street below us was hushed, and you could actually hear the snow falling. For about 15 seconds, we paused, and it felt like Christmas. [...]
A Christmas Cow
Just in case you missed it as part of the last Sounds Found podcast, here’s a mostly original holiday rhyme, inspired by Kleber, when he was nine years old.
A Christmas Cow (aka Steven Simseck’s X-Mas Blues)
Cemetery on the radio
You may remember a recent post on the old Jersey City Cemetery (now Jersey City & Harsimus Memorial Park). That post (here) was about the “Ghost Stories at Dusk” event held around Halloween. In case you’re interested, here’s a radio feature on the cemetery that just aired on WBGO (88.3 fm/wbgo.org). Enjoy.
Recycling
A group calling itself BikeJC is holding an organizing meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at Zeppelin Hall. I’m a cyclist (never had a motor vehicle license) and have written and reported about the bike culture and the lack of bike friendliness over the years (here from 2001, and here from Montreal in ‘05) so this [...]
Ich bin ein gay
With New Jersey lawmakers set to discuss, and possibly vote, this week on the so-called Marriage Equality Bill, many of my friends, gay and straight, have been all abuzz about the prospect of a government sanction on their unions. “You think we’ll get it?” asked a friend who says he’s not near to wanting to [...]
While the cats were away …
I hate to sign in at public meetings. Sorry, but I don’t wanna give you my name and number before I hear what you have to say. You gotta earn it, I think. But that’s me. I’m suspicious of anyone who wants me to join anything.
But at last week’s civic leadership forum, hosted by the [...]
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