Thoughts, experiences and adventures from a resident of DelSo aka Delaware Avenue South in Albany, N.Y.
The title of this post comes from the way I misremembered the title of an essay in Rebecca Solnit’s book No Straight Road Takes You There. For the record, the actual title of the short work is “On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway.” Similar things, negotiating and meeting halfway, n’est pas? Now, I haven’t yet read … Continue reading Upon not negotiating with Nazis
Last month, as the Knicks raced towards their first NBA Championship in 53 years, they hit only one major bump, an orange one in fact - Donald J Trump. His presence at Game 3 at Madison Square Garden created an unwelcome distraction and, as I imagine it, a wave of negativity. He shifted the energy … Continue reading Unsporting
You know how summers sometimes get dubbed with a name, “hot girl summer” or “brat summer?” Well, as far as I’m concerned, Summer 2026 is Mermaid Summer. And I’m here for it. Last weekend’s adventures were Brooklyn-centric but, for my second Mermaid event in a week, the destination was northeast - North Adams, MA and … Continue reading Mermaid Parade ➡️ Mermaid Avenue
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about the current state of this country and the global impact of the worst president ever. That isn’t because I stopped paying attention or have been lobotomized to the state of a MAGA believer or have simply forgotten my opposition to this regime. Oh, no. That’s not … Continue reading You’ve been Donned
While I found the reports I had read over the years about Virginia Giuffre tragic, I didn’t have a particular interest in reading more about her or the horrible things which she survived. There are enough horrors to be witnessed in the world without my needing to seek out more. Despite my distance from the … Continue reading Nobody’s Girl
When one considers that he’s only been in office for 14 months, the impact made upon the global community by the Idiot in Chief and his merry band of incompetents, is really quite remarkable. Personally, I never could have imagined the amount of damage he and his MAGA cult could wreak around the country and … Continue reading Donald J Trump – the King of Chaos
Back in the day when I was a working librarian, I produced a biweekly newsletter for my faculty. I actually called it a newsieletter, a word that I came up with to encompass the array of information (think events, recommendations and articles of interest) I shared to inspire and entertain colleagues during the pandemic as … Continue reading 5 ways to temporarily escape the approach of WWIII
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