earth on foot 23 21 October 2025 The wind has arrived in earnest today. After a few sunny, warm days in NYC, the Baltimore temperature has dropped. Several people in my immediate orbit are under the weather—one presently “at one with the comforter” and on her second pot of tea. Two days from now, we … Read more
A little movie shot on the F Train— best viewed with sound on
16 October 2025 earth on foot 22 One week, two major cities, none, at present, more unlike one another: DC and NYC. NOW: enjoying a cappuccino at Eataly, Madison Square Park, Bustling by my table, a steady stream of well-dressed, frowning people. A thin man smiles faintly as he walks, chest seeming to propel him … Read more
La Terra a Piedi 21 October 9, 2025 I’m in Baltimore on a chilly morning touched by autumn. Close to me sit musicians who talk with many gestures and laugh constantly.“I have a lot of goals—I have an Excel file with my goals, and also my gigs,” one of them says.My fingers are cold and … Read more
Still Life in Baltimore Mark making with a Small Person–Paul Klee would approve! #dada #surrealism
earth on foot 20 2 October 2025 Mary T Watts, an American naturalist, poet, illustrator and daughter of Danish immigrants, wrote a letter to the Chicago Tribune on September 25, 1963. In it, she implored the city to repurpose an abandoned rail line into a multi-use path (“bulldozers are drooling”, she wrote). This letter eventually … Read more
earth on foot 19 25 Sept 25 We, a haphazard group of commuters, head toward Newark, through Philadelphia, en route to New York. My seat mate is long-legged. To my surprise, the hiss I thought was an air leak at the window is music through his headphones. What is it, I wonder? Oasis? Bach? Enya? … Read more
Earth on foot 18 18 September 2025 A lithe squirrel, hesitant, makes his way over red bricks. An acorn fills his tiny mouth. I see him a moment later, far up the pine in the neighbor’s yard. I thought I was alone here, but there’s an awful lot going on around me, come to think … Read more
Earth on foot 17 September 11, 2025 At a cafe, Baltimore, Maryland, near Johns Hopkins University, 11am, cool, cloudy Of Mere Being The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor, A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. … Read more
earth on foot 16 4 Sept 2025 Crickets’ song, a cool breeze through the open window, and an occasional peal of laughter: I’m back in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, where even the dogs are considerate. And if they aren’t, their owners warn, “She’s a waving dog,” and wave at their puppy to demonstrate. “Not … Read more