Susannah’s Fall & Winter Reading List, 2018-2019
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Category Archives: New York City
Best Story of the Week…January 18
It was early rush-hour on a drizzly day, when the streets of Manhattan most resemble Tokyo. I was in step along with my fellow New Yorkers, right and left, crossing the grid like ants in a hurry. This was when … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, grace, humanity, inspiration, kids, New York City, words, writing
Tagged L'Occitane Shea Butter Cream, New York Commuters, random acts of kindness, rush hour, Young kids
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Walk In Grace
A friend of mine who recently lost her husband, signed off an email with… Walk in Grace. I didn’t think much of it at the time, yet it keeps appearing in my thoughts like a faint, flicker of light. She … Continue reading
A Fat, Juicy Word
I’ve been reading a book on the Gilded Age, code for lavish, over-the-top living in the early 1900s, in the bowels of rich, Victorian New York. A time where Astors, Whitneys and Vanderbilts roamed like diamond laden dinosaurs erecting mansions … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, art, Beauty, Books, creative writing, Culture, History, humanity, men, New York City, violence, words, writing
Tagged Astors Vanderbilts and Whitneys 1900, McKim Mead & White Architects, Saving sin City Cummings, The Crime of the Century stanford White murder, The Gilded Age Mark Twain
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Best Story of the Week…January 11
This one’s about me, an epiphany I had while walking in Central Park. An epiphany is a moment of sudden revelation, a divine announcement stopping you dead in your tracks. A smack to the forehead, a, could’a had a V8, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, creative writing, Culture, Faith, humor, New York City, writing
Tagged 12 Step programs, Central Park, grace and gratitude, living in the moment
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Louis Latino and Lassie of the Bronx
I’m coming back from Gristides on what I refer to as, old day, when if you’re 62 and over get 10% off all items. So there I am with my Motts Unsweetened Apple Sauce and Cage Free Jumbo Eggs, when I … Continue reading
Posted in animals, friendship, humanity, humor, men, New York City
Tagged American Staffordshire Terriers, little kids, The love of animals, unfriendly pet owners
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Weirdest Story of the Week…January 3
I’m in Starbucks courtesy of a Christmas present, happily sipping a large latte without a care in the world. It’s early on New Years’s Day so I’m pretty much alone until… a man sits on my right, a woman, my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks
Tagged inappropriate cell phone use, Manners going south, Online dating, yentas
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Best Story of the Week…December 27
It’s Christmas Eve. I’m standing on the corner across from Whole Foods deciding if I have the tolerance to go in or not, knowing, it will be crawling with cooks and guests of theirs bringing dessert. I think, perhaps my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, food, humanity, humor, New York City, writing
Tagged Chritsmas 2018, healthy appetites, Whole Foods Upper East Side NYC
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Decking the Halls
I first wrote this overly sweet, soppy, schmaltzy piece that even made me sick about the miracle of Christmas. Well, screw that, and Jane I’ll apologize beforehand. Jane’s an angel who will no doubt get the best suite in heaven … Continue reading
Love in the Afternoon
I wish this meant, I’ve been canoodling from 2 till 4, but alas, it’s just the title of my favorite Audrey Hepburn film, and where I took my blog name, athingirl, from. Gary Cooper, who plays the naughty millionaire, Frank … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art, Beauty, Cinema, creative writing, Culture, Fashion, grace, History, humanity, inspiration, media, New York City, Politics, words, writing
Tagged Audrey Hepburn, Billy Wilder film Love in the Afternoon, Gary Cooper, Making Love, Missing a friend, The homeless of NYC, Trump White House
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