Amid requests for a
post by my niece Liz Clancy, here is the latest from
New York City…it’s
cold!!
It doesn’t’ seem that
long ago when my neck felt dirty and gritty in the thick heat of summer.
Now for the first time in my life I pulled all my warm weather clothes off the
shelf and stashed them in plastic bags in the cabinet over the closet while
replacing them with the few sweaters I will rotate until Spring.
We had a beautiful,
if quick, Autumn. Em and I spent quite a few hours these past
weeks rambling through The Ramble in Central Park. It astounds me
how the city disappears within the confines of the hills, vales and underbrush
of the park. It is a heavenly haven and one of the few places in the city
I can look up and let my spirit fly skyward without hindrance.
Tonight, with temps
heading down into the 20's the radiator clicks away and warms our tiny
apartment while I sit in the bedroom writing and Em works in the kitchen
with yards of fabric to make that perfect black dress she can’t find on any
affordable rack in the city.
I wanted to get to
the Corner Bistro today to see people and have a beer and burger but before I
knew it, it was already dark and only 4:30 in the afternoon. Tomorrow is
another day.
Employment is eluding
me. I keep looking, applying and it appears that well, I better keep
looking and applying. “It will come” is my motto.
The good thing about having time on my hands is that my piano playing is getting more proficient. Perhaps that employment will be in the form of what I am actually trained to do, play, sing, mug and use my S’wonderful personality to entertain the glamorous people of New York City. S’marvelous if you would care for me!! I record a lot of music with my iPhone on an app called SoundCloud. Nothing fancy but it’s real. My piano is set up on a wall in our tiny kitchen, thus the 3rd Street Kitchen Session title in place holder.
Before
it got too cold we had fun being a part of the Village Halloween Parade.
Em Steel was a hit as Cherry Garcia and she used her artistic skills to apply
my makeup reviving some of my more theatrical days of the 1980’s. The
last time I was part of a Halloween parade was when Em and her little cousins
walked Canal Street in our hometown. The New York Parade was straight up
6th Avenue in The Village which was lined with thousands upon thousands of
people. I have never felt so anonymous in my life but there were crazy
moments of connection with bystanders, cops, and marchers. I
brought a bag of Snickers with me and was rewarded with quick eye contact, hand
to hand connections and smiles. I just can’t stand being invisible!
In honor of the
season I've recorded Autumn Leaves for this Session at my 3rd Street
Kitchen. The video link in the sub-title up above was taken last
week during our ramble.
Thanks for stopping
by!
