Susannah’s Spring & Summer 2019 Reading List
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Category Archives: travel
Best Story of the Week…April 26
I’m coming from the subway in Grand Central, when I see a young mother with a one-year old in a stroller. I watch her examine the stairs knowing, she’ll have a hard time maneuvering everything on her own. I look … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Faith, friendship, grace, humanity, inspiration, kids, men, New York City, parents, travel, words
Tagged Grand Central Station, random acts of kindness, riding the New York subway, Vietnam vets, young mothers
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The Hug That Was Felt Around The World
I’m in Greenpoint, the Detroit of Brooklyn, making my way home passing a furniture store. It’s not one that would normally catch my eye, since it looks like what my friend Camille would call, Early Bunker, but then something does … Continue reading
Best Story of the Week…April 5th
It’s 5 A.M. as I head to a job….quiet and misty, desolate and dark as I walk towards the Park with plans to cross it to catch the C Train. It’s a short walk I make often though some would … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, grace, humanity, humor, New York City, travel, women
Tagged Central Park, New York City Bus Drivers, Riding the crosstown bus, Women on the go
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The New York City Subway
I’m on the number 5 headed home when I hear, we’ll be moving shortly…there’s traffic up ahead. Shortly turned into close to an hour forcing me to be patient, not an easy virtue when you’re underground, especially since the next … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, food, humanity, humor, inspiration, New York City, travel, words
Tagged riding the New York subway, terrorism, Train delays
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Run For Your Life
I run most mornings, and have since my 20s. I ran when few did, remembering being stopped in Italy by the police to find out what exactly I was running from. “Signorina, who is’a chaz’ing yooo’?” I’m convinced it’s one … Continue reading
Posted in History, humanity, humor, media, Politics, readng, Sports, travel, writing
Tagged exercise, History of the White House, JFK FDR White House Swimming Pool, running, US Presidents
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Best Story of the Week…November 2
Subway…Grand Central Station…rush hour I stand on the packed platform with those going home, awaiting the express. There’s a tall, hefty hardhat next to me armed with a huge toolbox, ready to board. We’re like horses at the starting gate … Continue reading
A Date Which Will Live In Infamy…9/11/2001
One of the most famous quotes in American history by President Franklin Roosevelt, coined after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, can more than apply to what happened on a tranquil Tuesday, 17 years ago today. When … Continue reading
You Great Small Beautiful Doll
I’ve changed the lyrics to the famous song to honor two twins I encountered on the avenue in frilly dresses and Mary Janes, ribbons in their curly blonde hair. There they were, toddling along, their Nanny manning their empty double-stroller … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Home, humanity, humor, kids, New York City, parents, travel
Tagged American Girl Dolls, Anne Geddes photography, babies and their nannies, laughter, New York's Upper East Side
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What I Saw
A man in the park lifting his Siberian Husky, refusing to leave, basking in the sunshine like a sheep on strike. A cardinal coming in for a landing on a fencepost right in front of me as if to say, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Books, Faith, Fashion, grace, humanity, humor, money, New York City, travel, words
Tagged Good Manners, heatstroke, random acts of kindness, riding the New York subway
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