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 I think I’ll avoid Eisenhower Park for awhile …there was a …situation …there Wednesday night. A shooting, gang-related, leaving one dead and two wounded. There was a “barbecue”, all of the attendees were from out of town. A lot of gang members. Scary.  With half the county’s police force in the park now, I’m sure it’s very safe.  But it just didn’t appeal … So I stayed in my own neighborhood for my walk.   The weather felt like summer, but the trees said “spring!” Summer weather … but it’s going to be cool again next week.  Jacket weather.   Just in time for our brief escape to sunny Florida. Bring on the palm trees, manatees and alligators. I really need some time away.  And when we come back … we can start preparing for actual summer.  I’m going to try to be more active this summer. I’m working on building my strength and endurance. I’m not just walking, I’m also doing chair yoga and the strength-building exercises I get from the on line physic...
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Feline Friday

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 Mom is packing a suitcase … this can’t be good. Loving the bean bag chair. The usual scene in 5be living room  She waits for me at the door…even when I’m just in the backyard 
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#skywatchfriday

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 Beautiful cloud formation #skywatchfriday
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BROADWAY!

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 So last night we headed into NYC to see It’s a musical based on E. L. Doctorow’s book.  Set in 1906, it tells the story of three different groups — a white middle class family from New Rochelle, a Black musician and his girlfriend from Harlem, and an Eastern European Jewish immigrant and his daughter living on the Lower East Side. Each represents a different aspect of American life at the turn of the century.  And these seemingly unrelated groups interact…  Interesting story, great music, wonderful performances. It’s playing at the  Vivian Beaumont Theater, a small venue at Lincoln Center. I’ve always thought the fountain outside of that theater was interesting. It’s red bucket season.   Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS  is a charitable organization.  Periodically they do fundraising at the various theaters, the performers stand in the lobby with red buckets after the show and solicit donations. After the show we went to  P. J. Clarke’s ...
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Neighborhood walk

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 The ever-present planes, my favorite bird, trees starting to bud
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Lunchtime walk

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Lunch time yesterday.  I was in the office, but it was 83°, so I decided to take a walk.   It’s an ordinary office park in an ordinary suburb.  Nice layout.  But it feels so … neglected. Plants growing through cracks in the pavement.  A dirty bench.   The dead stuff should have been cleaned out. But the flowers are beautiful. Beautiful, but sad.  
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More ramblings

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 Well, we’re almost a month into baseball season …and the Mets are already disappointing me. Sigh. I’ll be watching The Voice  tonight.  The two artists I really liked made the finals, and I hope one of them wins. I used to be a huge fan of a TV show, The Biggest Loser.   It was a game show where contestants had to lose weight, and the one who lost the most weight won money.  It was  very entertaining, lots of drama.  And I was watching the show at a time when I was also (unsuccessfully) trying to lose weight, so there was an element of envy involved.   I came across a video the other day that explains why the show was actually horrific and dangerous to the contestants, I’ve done well on Wegovy. GLP-1 medications are a game changer. The weather today?  SUMMER.  I’m not joking, it’s in the 70’s today. Nice weather to take a walk.  I’ve put my winter coats away.   Lots of birds in my yard, and the cats are going crazy watching th...
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