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W: Walking & Waiting & Wondering

2020 A to Z Challenge, , , , , , , ,

A to Z Challenge: My theme this year is NYC before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WALKING: I don’t miss having to drive. For us, one of the best things about city life, is walking everywhere. The vast majority of our vacations over the last 10-15 years, involve being able to walk everywhere: Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto . . . my son and I logged about 15-18 miles one day in San Francisco (our feet paid for it, but I remember the sights, the company, and the food more than the blisters). We’re not walking as much these days, but we do try to get out once a week or so for a long stroll, mostly to Green-wood Cemetery to enjoy the quiet and the gorgeous foliage. The following are four very short snippets of some journeys (two pre-pandemic and two from just recently).

Brooklyn Bridge
Walking under the Washington Square arch (another wonderful W)
Under the pear tree
Under the cherry tree

WAITING & WONDERING: Need I say more?

A Two-Year Update

New York Minute, ,

A recap of the last two years: played director for Northern Colorado Writers ; wrote very little; traveled some; sent a kid to college; traveled some more; sold NCW; and moved to Brooklyn.

There. You’re caught up.

Oh, and I’ll still be directing the 2019 NCW Conference this May 3-4, but after that, I’m done directing anything other than my writing and my husband.

After nearly 42 years in Colorado I traded mountain views for a Manhattan view.

Seriously.

I truly thought the biggest change in my life over the past few months would be switching from a PC to a Mac. (That really is throwing me for a loop.)

While I’ve been to NYC many times, and even spent October through December here last year, this lifelong Colorado lady has a lot to learn about city life; about apartment life. Going from 2700 square-feet to just under a 1000, was an adventure (Oh! the marvel that is Facebook Marketplace).

We’ve only been here a week and it took just a day to be called out as transplants. “Where you from?” the sales guy we had been working with asked. When we said “Colorado,” he nodded. “Yeah, I knew you guys weren’t local. You’re too nice.” And who knew water chestnuts aren’t a thing in Brooklyn? (Oh! the marvel that is Amazon Prime).

So you’ll be hearing from me a bit more regularly as I chat about my discoveries and insights as that Colorado bumpkin in 11E. I’ll also be working on my long-suffering YA manuscript that I hope to complete this year.

So anyhow, I hope you’ll follow along on my journey. I promise to keep my posts short and to-the-point, the New Yorker way. Look for my New York Minute posts–they’ll take a minute or less to read. Usually.